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Compute variance and standard deviation for the following data: x 2 4 6 8 10 f 5 4 3 2 1 - Mathematics and Statistics

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Question

Compute variance and standard deviation for the following data:

x 2 4 6 8 10
f 5 4 3 2 1
Sum
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Solution

We prepare the following table for the calculation of variance and S.D.:

x f fx x2 fx2
2 5 10 4 20
4 4 16 16 64
6 3 18 36 108
8 2 16 64 128
10 1 10 100 100
Total 15 70 - 420

`bar"x"=(sum"fx")/"N"`

= `70/15`

= 4.6667

`bar"x"` = 4.67

Var(X) = `σ^2`

= `"L"/"N"(sum"fx"^2)-(bar"x")^2`

= `(1)/(15)xx420 - (4.67)^2`

= `140/5-21.8089`

= 28 – 21.8089

= 6.1911

∴ S.D. =  `sigma_"x"`

= `sqrt("Var"("X"))`

= `sqrt6.1911`

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Chapter 2: Measures of Dispersion - Exercise 2.2 [Page 31]

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