Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 151: 5

Answer

The variance: $s^2=36$ The standard deviantion: $s=6$

Work Step by Step

At first, let's evaluate the sample mean: $x̅=\frac{20+13+4+8+10}{5}=11$ Now, the variance: $s^2=\frac{Σ(x_i-x̅^2)}{n-1}=\frac{(20-11)^2+(13-11)^2+(4-11)^2+(8-11)^2+(10-11)^2}{5-1}=\frac{81+4+49+9+1}{4}=36$ The standard deviantion: $s=\sqrt {36}=6$
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