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Standard Deviation Practice

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the standard deviation for the data given:
5, 10, 7, 12, 0, 20, 15, 22, 8, 2
a)
6.89
b)
10.1
c)
7.26
d)
9
2.
If a number is added to a set that is far away from the mean, how does this affect standard deviation?
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
both increase and decrease
3.
If a number is added to the set that is in the middle of the data, how does this affect the range?
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
both increase and decrease
4.
If 10 is added to every value in a set of data, what will happen to the value of the standard deviation?
a)
it will increase
b)
it will decrease
c)
it will stay the same
d)
it will both increase and decrease
5.

Which of the following is a measure of dispersion?

a)
mean
b)
median
c)
mode
d)
standard deviation
6.

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

a)

4.67

b)

5.3

c)

6.89

d)

7.26

7.

What is the standard deviation of the data set, correct to 2 decimal places?

a)

21.39

b)
21.4
c)

21.38

d)

23.1

8.

The data sets show the test scores of a group for the last two tests.

Test 1: {75, 75, 85, 80, 65, 70, 65} Test 2: {95, 85, 85, 90, 90, 95, 100}

Which data set had the SMALLER standard deviation?

a)

Test 1 with a standard deviation of 6.9

b)

Test 2 with a standard deviation of 6.9

c)

Test 1 with a standard deviation of 5.2

d)

Test 2 with a standard deviation of 5.2

9.
All of the below sets have the same mean.
Set 1-Standard Deviation=3.1
Set 2-Standard Deviation=4.9
Set 3-Standard Deviation=1.7
Set 4-Standard Deviation=3.2
Which set of data probably has the points closest to the mean?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
What does this symbol represent?
a)
Standard Deviation
b)
Variance
c)
Mean Absolute Deviation
d)
Sigma
11.

Which of the following is a measure of spread, or dispersion ?

(select all that apply)

a)

Interquartile Range

b)

Standard Deviation

c)

Mean

d)

Median

e)

Range

12.

What does standard deviation represent?

a)

How many different variations are in the data set.

b)

How the population varies compared to the sample.

c)

How spread out each data value is from the mean.

d)

The range, but with a bunch of other stuff going on.