Standard Deviation and Variance

Find the variance of the following

to 3 s.f.

(a)  

What is the definition of the variance?

Complete the sentence, "the variance is the (a)   ."

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

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

• 293.67

• 15.87

• 17.14

• 41.98

What does this symbol represent?

• Standard Deviation

• Variance

• Mean Absolute Deviation

• Sigma

What is the variance for the data given:

5, 10, 7, 12, 0, 20, 15, 22, 8, 2

• 47.47

• 102.01

• 52.77

• 81

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?

(a)  

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