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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Calculate the standard deviation of the following data :

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40
Frequency          1            3          4          2

 

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

x: 1,2,3,4

y:4,8,12,16

z:4,5,6,7 

 

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

x: 2,3,4,5

y:8,12,16,20

z:5,6,7,8 

 

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

x: 1,2,3,4,5

y:4,8,12,16,20

z:4,5,6,7,8 

 

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

x: 1,2,3,4,5

y:3,6,9,12,15

z:3,4,5,6,7 

 

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

x: 1,2,3,4,5

y:2,4,6,8,10

z:2,3,4,5,6 

 

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For a group of 50 male workers the mean and standard deviation of their daily wages are 63 dollars and 9 dollars respectively. For a group of 40 female workers these values are 54 dollars and 6 dollars respectively. Find the mean and standard deviation of the combined group of 90 workers.

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The mean height of 200 students is 65 inches. The mean heights of boys and girls are 70 inches and 62 inches respectively and the standard deviations are 8 and 10 respectively. Find the number of boys and the combined S.D.

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If the variance of the data 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, & 24 is K, then the value of K11 is
 

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The mean and the standard deviation of data for 8 items are 25 and 5 respectively. If two items 15 and 25 are added to this data, then the variance of new data is

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The mean of 5 observations is 15 and variance is 9. If two observations having values -5 and 13 are combined with these observations, then what will be the new variance?

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If the variance of the data 12,14,18,19,21,36 is λ, then the value of 3λ is equal to

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If the mean and the variance of the numbers a, b, 8, 5 and 10 are 6 and 6.8 respectively, then the value of a3+b3 is equal to

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The variance of the first 20 positive integral multiples of 4 is equal to

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Find the standard deviation (correct upto two decimals) for the numbers 4, 6, 10, 12, 7, 8, 13, 12.

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Let x1, x2,...., xn be n observations such that xi2=400 and xi=40, then a possible value of n among the following is

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The mean of two samples of sizes 40 and 50 were found to be 54 and 63 respectively. Their standard deviations were 6 and 9 respectively. The variance of the combined sample of size 90 is

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The ratio of the variance of first n positive integral multiples of 4 to the variance of first n positive odd numbers is

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Find the range of the following data set:

116, 124, 164, 150, 149, 114, 195, 128, 138, 203, 144

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Two sets each of 20 observations, have the same standard derivation 5. The first set has a mean 17 and the second  mean 22. Determine the standard deviation of the x sets obtained by combining the given two sets.