Variance and Standard Deviation

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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

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Indication in a way that variance of y-variable is explained by x-variable is shown as

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Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be 92 and 4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as 9 and 10 instead of 7 and 14 respectively. If the correct variance is mn, where m and n are coprime, then m+n are coprime, then m+n is equal to

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The mean and standard deviation of the marks of 10 students were found to be 50 and 12 respectively. Later, it was observed that two marks 20 and 25 were wrongly read as 45 and 50 respectively. Then the correct variance is

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Let the positive numbers a1, a2, a3, a4 and a5 be in a G.P. Let their mean and variance be 3110 and mn respectively, where m and n are co-prime. If the mean of their reciprocals is 3110 and a3+a4+a5=14, then m+n is equal to ____________.

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Let the mean of 6 observations 1,2,4,5,x and y be 5 and their variance be 10. Then their mean deviation about the mean is equal to

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

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Let the mean of the data

x 1 3 5 7 9
Frequency f 4 24 28 α 8

be 5. If m and σ2 are respectively the mean deviation about the mean and the variance of the data, then 3αm+σ2 is equal to _______.

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Let sets A and B have 5 elements each. Let the mean of the elements in sets A and B be 5 and 8 respectively and the variance of the elements in sets A and B be 12 and 20 respectively. A new set C of 10 elements is formed by subtracting 3 from each element of A and adding 2 to each element of B. Then the sum of the mean and variance of the elements of C is

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The mean and standard deviation of 10 observations are 20 and 8 respectively. Later on, it was observed that one observation was recorded as 50 instead of 40. Then the correct variance is

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Let the mean and variance of 8 numbers x, y, 10, 12, 6,12, 4, 8 be 9 and 9.25 respectively. If  x>y, then 3x-2y is equal to _______

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If the mean and variance of the frequency distribution

xi 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
fi 4 4 α 15 8 β 4 5

are 9 and 15.08 respectively, then the value of α2+β2-αβ is _____.

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Let the mean and variance of 12 observations be 92 and 4 respectively. Later on, it was observed that two observations were considered as 9 and 10 instead of 7 and 14 respectively. If the correct variance is mn, where m and n are coprime, then m+n are coprime, then m+n is equal to

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Find the mean, variance and standard deviation for the following frequency distribution:

Classes 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120-150 150-180 180-210
Frequency 2 3 5 10 3 5 2

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Let μ  be the mean and σ be the standard deviation of the distribution

Xi 0 1 2 3 4 5
fi k+2 2k k2-1 k2-1 k2+1 k-3

where Σfi=62. If x denotes the greatest integer x, thenμ2 + σ2  is equal to

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The mean and variance of a set of 15 numbers are 12 and 14 respectively. The mean and variance of another set of 15 numbers are 14 and σ2 respectively. If the variance of all the 30 numbers in the two sets is 13, then σ2 is equal to

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Find the mean, variance and standard deviation for the following frequency distribution:

Classes 0-30 30-60 60-90 90-120 120-150 150-180 180-210
Frequency 2 3 5 10 3 5 2

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The mean and variance of 15 observations is 20 and 64 respectively. If 55 is wrongly read as 40 as one of the observation, then corrected variance is 

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In a given data set, mean of 40 observations is 50 and standard deviation is 12. Two readings which were 20 & 25 mistakenly taken as 40 and 45. Find correct variance of data set.

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5 positive numbers a1, a2,..., a5 are in geometric progression. Their mean and variance are 3110 and mn. The mean of the reciprocals is 3140, then m+n is _____

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Anita made observations of the maximum temperature, t°C, on 50 days. Her results are summarised by t=910 and (tt)2=876, where t denotes the mean of the 50 observations. Calculate t and the standard deviation of the observations.