document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=217629>Question 217629</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At the start of the 1999 NCAA men's basketball tournament, 64 teams were invited to compete for the national championship.  Below is the number of victories that a sample of 8 of these teams had obtained during the regular season:  32   12    28   22    20    25    22   19\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the sample variance of regular season victories? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the sample variance of regular season victories?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mean and standard deviation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "standard deviation = s = 6.047..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "variance = s^2 = 36.57<BR>\n" );
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