Measures of Variability - Page 2

Questions
  • What is the standard deviation of #1, 2, 3, 4# and #5#?
  • Which data set has a larger standard deviation? First Data Set: 2, 4, 6, 8 Second Data Set: 12, 12, 12, 12
  • If data with a normal distribution has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, what is the probability that a given value is greater than 110?
  • What is the equation for standard deviation?
  • If data with a normal distribution has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, what is the probability of a value being greater than 110?
  • A test consists of 910 true or false questions. If the student guesses on each question, what is the expected standard deviation of the number of correct answers?
  • Why is standard deviation not a measure of central tendency ?
  • What is the formula for the standard deviation of a binomial distribution?
  • How can standard deviation be used in investment analysis?
  • How does standard deviation differ from standard error?
  • What are the symbols for the sample variance and for the population variance?
  • Can the standard deviation be greater than the mean?
  • What does the standard deviation of a data set describe?
  • What is the variance of the following numbers?: 63, 54, 62, 59, 52,
  • What is the variance of the following numbers?: 11, 23, 45, 42, 39, 56, 51, 17, 22, 29, 46, 33, 38, 33, 31,
  • Of the range and the standard deviation, which is more widely used in statistical analysis, and why?
  • What is the variance of the following set of numbers?: {40, 56, 59, 60, 60, 62, 65, 69, 75, 84}
  • What is the symbol for the sample standard deviation?
  • What is the variance of a geometric distribution for a given probability?
  • What are the variance and standard deviation of a binomial distribution with #N=124# and #p=0.85#?