Question

Which of the following values is closest to the standard deviation for the setof data shown below?

Answer 1

Given: The set of data shown

To Determine: The value closest to the standard deviation for the set of data shown

Solution

The formula for finding the standard deviation for a set of data is

`\begin{gathered} standard-deviation(\sigma)=\sqrt{(1)/(n)\sum_{i\mathop{=}1}^n(x_i-\mu)^2} \\ \mu=mean \\ x_1=individual-values \\ n=total-number-of-values \end{gathered}`

Let us first determine the mean