document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201422>Question 1201422</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The following information  was obtained from a survey of insurance companies about the number of claims put in by drivers in the first five years of getting their licence.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6,2,2,1,6,1,8,5,6,4,2,4,4,5,8,8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the standard Deviation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure whether to use sample standard deviation or population standard deviation?? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I posted this request to GOOGLE\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    whether to use sample standard deviation or population standard deviation\r\n" );
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document.write( "Below is what GOOGLE answered me\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    The population standard deviation is relevant where the numbers that you have in hand \r\n" );
document.write( "    are the entire population, and the sample standard deviation is relevant \r\n" );
document.write( "    where the numbers are a sample of a much larger population.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The source is THIS\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/485326/confused-when-to-use-population-vs-sample-standard-deviation-in-engineering-test#:~:text=The%20population%20standard%20deviation%20is,of%20a%20much%20larger%20population.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Probably, it is not 100% rectified answer, which you would want to get,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but it is what is really possible to get.\r<BR>\n" );
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