document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=45331>Question 45331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Compute the variance and standard deviation and describe what this figure means for this data set\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16, 17, 23, 23, 26, 27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I came up with for the standard deviation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add all amounts together and divide by 6 = 22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I then took each amount and subtracted 22 from each and squared the answers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "36+25+1+1+16+25 = 94\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I then took those answers, added them together = 94. I took the amount of numbers (6) and subtracted 1 to give me 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From this I divided 94 by 5 and got the answer 4.33.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After this I have no idea what to do. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think the figure would be roughly symmetrical.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help. Thank you to whoever answers. YOu're an angel.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #30073 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><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=30073\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sum/n = variance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "104/5 = 20.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard deviation = sqrt(variance) = 4.5607017<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The data is normally distributed (not skewed). </SPAN>\n" );
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