Variance and Standard Deviation
Variance and Standard Deviation: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as variance and standard deviation for ungrouped distribution and for ungrouped frequency distribution, variance and standard deviation for grouped frequency distribution, etc.
Important Questions on Variance and Standard Deviation
Indication in a way that variance of y-variable is explained by x-variable is shown as

Let the mean and variance of observations be and respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as and instead of and respectively. If the correct variance is , where and are coprime, then are coprime, then is equal to

The mean and standard deviation of the marks of students were found to be and respectively. Later, it was observed that two marks and were wrongly read as and respectively. Then the correct variance is

Let the positive numbers and be in a G.P. Let their mean and variance be and respectively, where and are co-prime. If the mean of their reciprocals is and , then is equal to ____________.

Let the mean of 6 observations and be and their variance be . Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal to

Two dice and are rolled. Let the numbers obtained on and be and respectively. If the variance of is where and are co-prime, then the sum of the positive divisors of is equal to

Let the mean of the data
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be If and are respectively the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the data, then is equal to

Let sets and have elements each. Let the mean of the elements in sets and be and respectively and the variance of the elements in sets and be and respectively. A new set of elements is formed by subtracting from each element of and adding to each element of . Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of is

The mean and standard deviation of observations are and respectively. Later on, it was observed that one observation was recorded as instead of . Then the correct variance is

Let the mean and variance of numbers be and respectively. If then is equal to

If the mean and variance of the frequency distribution
are and respectively, then the value of is _____.

Let the mean and variance of observations be and respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as and instead of and respectively. If the correct variance is , where and are coprime, then are coprime, then is equal to

Find the mean, variance and standard deviation for the following frequency distribution:
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Let be the mean and be the standard deviation of the distribution
where . If denotes the greatest integer , then is equal to

The mean and variance of a set of numbers are and respectively. The mean and variance of another set of numbers are and respectively. If the variance of all the numbers in the two sets is , then is equal to

Find the mean, variance and standard deviation for the following frequency distribution:
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The mean and variance of observations is and respectively. If is wrongly read as as one of the observation, then corrected variance is

In a given data set, mean of observations is and standard deviation is . Two readings which were mistakenly taken as and . Find correct variance of data set.

positive numbers are in geometric progression. Their mean and variance are and . The mean of the reciprocals is , then is _____

Anita made observations of the maximum temperature, , on days. Her results are summarised by and , where denotes the mean of the observations. Calculate and the standard deviation of the observations.
