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What is the standard deviation of students math test scores? 12 18 27 31 40 42 14 20 27 32 40 51 14 20 27 32 40 56 14 21 29 32 40 60 16 23 31 36 40 65
Standard deviation - s
s =
s is standard deviation
x are the data individual values
xbar or x? is mean
n is the number of data values
Step 1 - calculate mean
n= 30
= 12+18+27+31+40+42+14+20+27+32+40+51+14+20+27+32+40+56+14+21+29+32+40+60+16+23+31+36+40+65
=950
x? or mean = 950÷30 = 31.66
Step2?- Subtract mean 31.66 from each value of x
we get these values -
-19.66,-13.66, -4.66, -0.66, 8.33, 10.33, -17.66, -11.66, -4.66, 0.33, 8.33, 19.33, -17.66, -11.66, -4.66, 0.33, 8.33, 24.33, -17.66, -10.66, -2.66, 0.33, 8.33, 28.33, -15.66, -8.66, -0.66, 4.33, 8.33, 33.33
Step 3- Squaring the above given values, we obtain
386.77, 186.77, 21.77, 0.44, 69.44, 106.77, 312.11, 136.11, 21.77, 0.11, 69.44, 373.77, 312.11, 136.12, 21.77, 0.11, 69.44, 592.11, 312.11, 113.77, 7.11, 0.11, 69.44, 802.77, 245.44, 75.11, 0.44, 18.77, 69.44, 1111.11
Step 4- Sum of the squared differences
386.77+ 186.77+ 21.77+ 0.44+ 69.44+ 106.77+ 312.11+ 136.11+ 21.77+ 0.11+ 69.44+ 373.77+ 312.11+ 136.12+ 21.77+ 0.11+ 69.44+ 592.11+ 312.11+ 113.77+ 7.11+ 0.11+ 69.44+ 802.77+ 245.44+ 75.11+ 0.44+ 18.77+ 69.44+ 1111.11
=5642.66
putting all the values in formuls we get
s =
s=
s= 13.94