
A sample of data values, gave
One extra data value of was added to the sample. Find the standard deviation of all values.

Important Questions on Measures of Variation

A set of data values is and
Compare the proportional change in the standard deviation with the proportional change in the interquartile range when the value in the data set is increased by


At a village fair, visitors were asked to guess how many sweets are in a glass jar. The best six guesses were and
Show that the mean of these guesses is and use to calculate the standard deviation.

At a village fair, visitors were asked to guess how many sweets are in a glass jar. The best six guesses were and
The jar actually containedsweets. Without further calculation, write down the mean and the standard deviation of the errors made by these six visitors. Explain why no further calculations are required to do this.

The number of women in senior management positions at a number of companies was investigated. The number of women at each of the service companies and at each of the industrial companies are denoted by and respectively. The findings are summarised by the totals:
and
Show that there are, on average, more than twice as many women in senior management positions at the service companies than at the industrial companies.

The number of women in senior management positions at a number of companies was investigated. The number of women at each of the service companies and at each of the industrial companies are denoted by and respectively. The findings are summarised by the totals:
and
Show that and that

The number of women in senior management positions at a number of companies was investigated. The number of women at each of the service companies and at each of the industrial companies are denoted by and respectively. The findings are summarised by the totals:
and
Find the standard deviation of the number of women in senior management positions at all of these service and industrial companies together.
