Wednesday, March 25, 2009

std dev questions

  1. find the standard deviation of 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 2, 1,1 5,3
  2. find the standard deviation of 20, 17, 17, 14, 12, 11, 7, 8, 9, 16, 19, 22

A sample of data can have a lot of different numbers and it will require grouping to make any sense e.g 3-5 hrs, 6-8 hrs, 9-11 hrs, 12-14 hrs, 15-17 hrs, 18-20 hrs can represent the difefrnt ranges to group the numbers

Find the standard deviation for

0-4 2

5-9 7

10-14 12

15 - 19 17

20-24 22

25 - 29 27

4 comments:

  1. when calculating the standard deviation:
    1.find the mean
    2.subtract the mean from each member
    3.square the difference
    4.divide the sum by n-1
    5.find the square root of this result

    in a question like (1)
    find the standard deviation for 1,5,4,2,6,2,1,15,3

    using the steps:
    1.find the mean
    1+5+4+2+6+2+1+15+3/9
    =39/9
    =4.33
    2.subtract the mean from each member and 3.square the difference.

    =(1-4.33)^+(5-4.33)^+(4-4.33)^+(2-4.33)^+(6-4.33)^+(2-4.33)^+(1-4.33)^+(15-4.33)^+(3-4.33)^
    =11.09+0.45+0.11+5.43+2.79+5.43+11.09+113.85+1.77
    =152

    4. divide the sum by n-1
    = 152/(9-1)
    = 152/8
    = 19.01

    5.find the square root of the result
    =√ 19.01
    = 4.36
    therefore the standard deviation for ques.1. is 4.36

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  2. following the step lay out above,

    7+8+9+11+12+14+16+17+17+19+20+22
    = 172/12
    = 14.3

    after subtracting 14.3 from each no. the difference was squared an it leaves us with...

    53.29 + 39.69 + 28.09 + 10.89 + 5.29 + 0.09 + 2.89 + 7.29 + 7.29 + 22.09 + 32.49 + 59.29

    = 288.68

    divide by (n-1)
    = 288.68/(12-1)

    = 26.24

    now we find the square root

    = 5.12

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  4. solution 1
    10-14 12

    first find the mean of all the numbers
    (10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 12)/6
    = 61 / 6
    = 10.16
    after subtracting 10.16 from each number the difference was squared an it leaves us with

    0.025 + + 0.7056 + 3.386 + 8.06 + 14.75 + 3.386
    = 30.313
    standard deviation = square root 30.313/6-1
    = 2.46

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