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    ame Anis € RS Standard Deviation Practice 1. Consider the following three data sets A, B and C. ont Ca A={9, ae. 13} B={10,10,10,10,10} C={i, £10, 39, 19} a) Calculate the mean of each data set. exch mean & |O Ga) b) Calculate the standard deviation of each data set. get A ads ava Bsd=O asd=4 c) Which set has the largest standard deviation? st d) Is it possible to answer question c) without calculations of th deviation? Yes » bern gipreoah ok yost mM sarc. i e standard y . Use the data set: 52, 80, 61, 66, 59, 78, 74, 59, 63 use the calculator! a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the data. (ek) ised CD enlertte date Chat) > Cae) [sl-VerStaks LAA b) Add 10 to each data value. Find the new mean and standard deviation. What do you notice? veoh incre (o fee = TAR gt-dey reumouns new So = Se Same c) What are the new values of the mean and the standard deviation if each data value of the set is multiplied by 2? Explain. : Y= (Be Se= VIR ns mutt by 2 a) Calculate the mean of the salaries of the people. ee $2nSS b) Calculate the standard deviation of the salaries of the 20 people. S p= tas. e iati i i , what can we sai 4. If the standard deviation of a given data set is equal to zero, what ci y about the data values included in the given data set? “ne sp e \ values ane derbcal | © 5. Listed are the weekly salaries for employees at a store: 80, 105, 120, 175, 185, 190, 205, 210, 215, 300, 320, 325 naa a) Find the mean of the distribution. S202 50 Soto How ¥ scalars ae within A stdas of dhe ie (221-2829 values Fale 2a dy’ 6. For the following data, compute the mean, standard deviation, median, and Aw IQR. Then explain which measures of central tendency and variability provide a b) Find the standard deviation of the distribution. 5 0 ‘better description of the sample. ees nel “4, 3, 6, \ — 5 { 2284 © X= Shows Cemer outer pulls up. ton 7. Amy surveyed the price of gas at stations in two towns. The data is shown below: TownA|3.96 [3.76 [400 [391 [369 [3.72 [TownB3.97 [3.81 [352 [4.08 [3.88 [3.68 a) Find themeah price in each town and then determine which city has the lowermean. X TPdbba Tow A gw — 22 k = $2.24 b) Find the pit deviation of each town’s prices. g S = de Sy = 20 ents c) Which city has the more Consistently priced gas? Explain. : Town A .Tts smaller cfanclarcd deviakro~ Gaus closer (less varied) gas pres , 8. The times for 8 athletes who ran a 100 meter sprint on the same track are shown below. All the times shown are in seconds. 10.2,.10.8, 10:9, 10.3, 10.2, 10.440, 10.4 hn=& a) Calculate the mean time and standard deviation for the data. Kee. Feee. | Ss) Be ee b) How many of the athletes’ times are more than one standard deviation away from the mean? oD iw yo 29 wth Joell E— [0.4 —> i069 9. Abby collected data on the number of students enrolled in freshman math classes in her high school. Which statement is true Size of Frequency regarding the range of her data? Class o ) 20 clei ae a a) range = mean 2 a aa S b) range > mean/ ove of be 28 * [2 = |S6 6! wee ety range < mean. dada 1S about d) range = standard deviation Chass Stle Sau _ 164 CS 20 = Man» ~h = = Be dyorage alas . 2 size 10. Given the following data: 10, 12, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, what is thi differenc between the le standard deviation and the IQR for this data? Round to the nearest hundredth’\. n>? = 3-410 TGR=O3-GI (4 hes ° A Rrenca A

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