Standard Deviation

This data is normally distributed.  What percent of the data is in the shaded region?

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.7%

• 50%

The term "snowstorms of note" applies to all snowfalls over 6 inches. The snowfall amounts for snowstorms of note in Utica, New York, over a four-year period are as follows: 7.1, 9.2, 8.0, 6.1, 14.4, 8.5, 6.1, 6.8, 7.7, 21.5, 6.7, 9.0, 8.4, 7.0, 11.5, 14.1, 9.5, 8.6 What are the mean and population standard deviation for these data, to the nearest hundredth?

• mean = 9.46; standard deviation = 3.74

• mean = 9.46; standard deviation = 3.85

• mean = 9.45; standard deviation = 3.74

• mean = 9.45; standard deviation = 3.85

Which data set has the largest standard deviation?

• Set 1

• Set 2

• Set 3

• Set 4

In a population of five university students with GPAs of 2.5, 2.3, 1.7, 1.4, and 1.1, a sample of three students are considered. What would be the standard deviation of the resulting sampling distribution?

• 0.59

• 0.41

• 0.35

• 0.22

What is the standard deviation for the data given:
{12, 13, 29, 18, 61, 35, 21}

• 293.67

• 15.87

• 17.14

• 41.98

Given a variance of 64, what is the standard deviation?

• 8

• 4096

• 0

• 6.8

What is the standard deviation for the data given:
5, 10, 7, 12, 0, 20, 15, 22, 8, 2

• 6.89

• 10.1

• 7.26

• 9

If the standard deviation of a data set is 4, what is the variance?

• 2

• 16

• 4

Which normal curve has the largest standard deviation?

• green

• red

• blue

Which normal curve has the smallest standard deviation?

• green

• red

• blue