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
Calculate the standard deviation of the following data :
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Find the change of origin for the observations and . Also find the change of scale for the observations and .

Find the change of origin for the observations and . Also find the change of scale for the observations and .

Find the change of origin for the observations and . Also find the change of scale for the observations and .

Find the change of origin for the observations and . Also find the change of scale for the observations and .

Find the change of origin for the observations and . Also find the change of scale for the observations and .

For a group of male workers the mean and standard deviation of their daily wages are dollars and dollars respectively. For a group of female workers these values are dollars and dollars respectively. Find the mean and standard deviation of the combined group of workers.

The mean height of students is inches. The mean heights of boys and girls are inches and inches respectively and the standard deviations are and respectively. Find the number of boys and the combined S.D.

If the variance of the data is , then the value of is

The mean and the standard deviation of data for items are and respectively. If two items and are added to this data, then the variance of new data is

The mean of observations is and variance is If two observations having values and are combined with these observations, then what will be the new variance?

If the variance of the data is , then the value of is equal to

If the mean and the variance of the numbers and are and respectively, then the value of is equal to

The variance of the first positive integral multiples of is equal to

Find the standard deviation (correct upto two decimals) for the numbers .

Let be observations such that and , then a possible value of among the following is

The mean of two samples of sizes and were found to be and respectively. Their standard deviations were and respectively. The variance of the combined sample of size is

The ratio of the variance of first positive integral multiples of to the variance of first positive odd numbers is

Find the range of the following data set:

Two sets each of observations, have the same standard derivation . The first set has a mean and the second mean . Determine the standard deviation of the sets obtained by combining the given two sets.
