document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=351727>Question 351727</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is the standard deviation of the numbers 77,65,59,77,63,60,77 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #251331 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=251331\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hint: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1) Find the mean\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2) Find the differences of the mean from each data value\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3) Square each difference\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4) Add up those squares\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 5) Divide that sum by n-1 (where n is the number of numbers in the data set)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 6) Take the square root of the result from step 5 to get the standard deviation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Alternatively, you can use a calculator to calculate the standard deviation. </SPAN>\n" );
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