In: Statistics and Probability
Calculate the standard deviation of the following test data by hand. Describe the mean and standard deviation in words after calculating it. Record the steps. Test Scores: 40, 25,50, 30, 60, 80, 20, 70
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Mean :-
The mean (average) of a data set is found by adding all numbers in the data set and then dividing by the number of values in the set.
Standard Deviation :-
Standard deviation is the measure of dispersion of a set of data from its mean. It measures the absolute variability of a distribution; the higher the dispersion or variability, the greater is the standard deviation and greater will be the magnitude of the deviation of the value from their mean.