document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169354>Question 169354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am stuck on a problem.  I'm not sure where I went wrong.  Will you please help.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have a table with the following values: 456,306,160,363,376,935,54,349<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have to find the mean, the median, the mode, and the standard deviation of the data.  Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the mean I came up with 374.88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the median I came up with: 354.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the mode I came up with: 0 since no numbers repeat themselves.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now for the standard deviation I went as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(456-374.88)+(306-374.88)+(160-374.88)+(363-374.88)+(376-374.88)+(935-374.88)+(54-374.88)+(349-374.88)/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=81.12-68.88-214.88-11.88+1.12+560.12-320.88-25.88/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=-0.04/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=-5.E-03<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What did I do wrong.  Will you please show me.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #124878 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=124878\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the standard deviation is a root-mean-square value\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square all of the differences from the mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ calculate the average of the squared differences<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ the standard deviation is the square root of the average\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the squaring/square rooting eliminates the \"cancelling\" effect of negative deviations </SPAN>\n" );
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