document.write( "Question 259798: Can someone please put me on the right track i ask this question four time and no answer was given.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You are given the following frequency distribution for the number of errors that students made in a test \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the mean, variance, and the standard deviation\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #316712 by dylantc77(3)\"\" \"About 
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This is how I answered a similar problem. The numbers are different but the theory is the same.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D = Data | M = Midpoint = x | F = Frequency\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D | F | M | (X * F): | (X^2*F)
\n" ); document.write( "0-7 | 4 | (0+7)/2 = 3.5 | 3.5*4 = 14 |(3.5^2*4) = 49
\n" ); document.write( "8-15 | 2 | (8+15)/2 = 11.5 | 11.5*2 = 23 | (11.5^2*2) =264.5
\n" ); document.write( "16-23 | 1 | (16+23)/2 = 19.5 | 19.5*1 = 19.5 |(19.5^2*1) =380.25
\n" ); document.write( "24-31 | 2 | (24+31)/2 = 27.5 | 27.5*2 = 55 | (27.5^2*2) =1512.5
\n" ); document.write( "32-39 | 1 | (32+39)/2 = 35.5 | 35.5*1 = 35.5 | (35.5^2*1) =1260.25
\n" ); document.write( "40-47 | 4 | (40+47)/2 = 43.5 | 43.5*4 =174 | (43.5^2*4)=7569
\n" ); document.write( "SUM: | 14 | 141 | 321 | 11060.25\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Mean (x-bar) = 321/14 = 22.9 = 23\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Variance:
\n" ); document.write( "S^2 = [11060.25-(321^2/14)]/(14-1)
\n" ); document.write( "S^2 = [11060.25-(7360.07)]/(13)
\n" ); document.write( "S^2 = 3700.18/13
\n" ); document.write( "Variance = 284.63\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Standard Dev.
\n" ); document.write( "S^2= 284.63
\n" ); document.write( "S = sqrt284.63
\n" ); document.write( "Standard Dev. = 16.87
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