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What is the standard deviation of the data set?

15 32 28 26 23 17 27

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The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are. Standard deviation can be calculated by the expression as follows:

s = √∑(x - x(mean))^2/n-1

x(mean) = 24

s = √∑(x - 24)^2 / 7-1
s = 6.11

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