Variance and Standard Deviation

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Variance and Standard Deviation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Variance and Standard Deviation, Variance, Merits & Demerits of Standard Deviation as Measures of Dispersion etc.

Important Questions on Variance and Standard Deviation

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For 2n observations a1,a1,a2,a2,a3,a3,.........,an,an where all a's are distinct. Let x¯σ and M denotes mean, standard deviation and median, respectively. Then which of the following option is incorrect when n is an odd integer?

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The variance of C1n, 2 C2n, 3 C3n,....n×Cnn is

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Let x denotes the mean of data 3, x, 2 and 4, then choose the correct statement.

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The following gives the number of books taken in a school library in 7 days. Find the variance(up to two decimals) of the books taken.

7,9,12,15,5,4,11

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Find the S.D. for the number of days patients admitted in a hospital(up to two decimals).

Days of confinement  5 6 7 8 9
No. of patients 18 14 9 3 1

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If the coefficient of variation is 50% and standard deviation is 4, then find mean.

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The expression of standard deviation as a percentage of the mean is the coefficient of variation.

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The mean and standard deviation from 18 observations are 14 and 12. If additional observation 8 is to be included, find corrected mean and variance.

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Find the standard deviation for the distribution given below:

x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Frequency 10 20 30 35 14 10 2

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A retailer uses two different formulas for predicting monthly sales. The first formula has an average of 700 records, and a standard deviation of 35 records. The second formula has an average of 300 records, and a standard deviation of 16 records. What is the ratio of coefficient of variation of first formula to that of second formula?(upto two decimals).

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The standard deviation of a set of 50 observations is 8. What is new value of standard deviation if each observation is multiplied by 2.

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The square root of variance of a distribution is known as

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Find the standard deviation of the following set of data:

x, x7, x3, 27x, x4 where x = 840.

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What will be the standard deviation of the set of observations given below is mean of the following data is 7.

Data: 5, 7, 6, 6, 9, x.

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Find the standard deviation of the following data.

Data: 18, 25, 27, 23 and 17.

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If coefficient of variation is 25% and mean is then find the value of standard deviation for the given data.

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If standard deviation of a set of observations is 5, by what percent is variance more or less than standard deviation?

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Find the variance of the set x:0<x<2.

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Find the variance of the numbers 3.6, 6.4, 8.1, 5.0, 4.2, 7.3.

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Find the mean of the set x:x2-1=0.