In: Statistics and Probability
There are two variables in this data set.
Variable Definition
Height Height in inches
Weight Weight in pounds
Using Excel, compute the standard deviation and variance (both biased and unbiased) for height and weight.
Height | weight |
53 | 156 |
46 | 131 |
54 | 123 |
44 | 142 |
56 | 156 |
76 | 171 |
87 | 143 |
65 | 135 |
45 | 138 |
44 | 114 |
57 | 154 |
68 | 166 |
65 | 153 |
66 | 140 |
54 | 143 |
66 | 156 |
51 | 173 |
58 | 143 |
49 | 161 |
48 | 131 |
In Excel, insert the data and apply the given formulas shown in the screenshot below:
The results are:
Height | weight | |
Biased SD | 11.1463 | 15.2561 |
Biased Variance | 124.24 | 232.748 |
Unbiased SD | 11.4359 | 15.6524 |
Unbaised Variance | 130.779 | 244.997 |