SOLUTION: Please help answer this probability question. Find the variance for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place than the original data. {-2, -2, 11, -7, 3} A)

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Question 457886: Please help answer this probability question.
Find the variance for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place than the original data.
{-2, -2, 11, -7, 3}
A) 46.2 B) 46.4 C) 37.0 D) 46.3

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the variance for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place than the original data.
{-2, -2, 11, -7, 3}
1st: Find the mean of the data.
2nd: Subtract the mean from each of the data values.
3rd: Square each of those differences
4th: Divide by n-1 = 5
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That is the variance:
variance = 46.2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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A) 46.2 B) 46.4 C) 37.0 D) 46.3

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