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Consider the first $10$ positive integers. If we multiply each number by $-1$ and then add $1$ to each number, the variance of the numbers so obtained is:
  • $8.25$
  • B
    $6.5$
  • C
    $3.87$
  • D
    $2.87$

Answer: A.

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Let $\ce{a, b, c, d, e}$ be the observations with mean $m$ and standard deviation $s.$ The standard deviation of the observations $\ce{a + k, b + k, c + k, d + k, e + k}$ is:
  • $s$
  • B
    $ks$
  • C
    $s + k$
  • D
    $\frac{\text{s}}{\text{k}}$

Answer: A.

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The standard deviation of some temperature data in $^\circ C$ is $5.$ If the data were converted into $^\circ F,$ the variance would be:
  • $81$
  • B
    $57$
  • C
    $36$
  • D
    $25$

Answer: A.

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The following information relates to a sample of size $60 \sum\text{x}^2=18000$ and $\sum\text{x}=960,$ then the variance is:
  • A
    $6.63$
  • B
    $16$
  • C
    $22$
  • $44$

Answer: D.

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Mean deviation for n observations $x_1, x_2, ...... , x_n$ from their mean $x$ is given by:
  • A
    $\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})$
  • $\frac{1}{\text{n}}\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}|\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}}|$
  • C
    $\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})^2$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{\text{n}}\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})^2$

Answer: B.

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Find the mean and variance of the frequency distribution given below:
$\text{x}$ $1\leq\text{x}<3$ $3\leq\text{x}<5$ $5\leq\text{x}<7$ $7\leq\text{x}<10$
$\text{f}$ $6$ $4$ $5$ $1$
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If for a distribution $\sum(\text{x}-5)=3,\sum(\text{x}-5)^2=43$ and the total number of item is 18, find the mean and standard deviation.
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Two sets each of 20 observations, have the same standard derivation 5. The first set has a mean 17 and the second a mean 22. Determine the standard deviation of the set obtained by combining the given two sets.
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If $\bar{\text{x}}$ is the mean of n values of x, then $\sum\limits^{\text{M}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})$ is always equal to _______. If a has any value other than $\bar{\text{x}}$ then $\sum\limits^{\text{n}}_{\text{i}=1}(\text{x}_\text{i}-\bar{\text{x}})^2$ is _______ then $\sum(\text{x}_\text{i}-\text{a})^2$
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Following are the marks obtained$,$ out of $100, $by two students Ravi and Hashina in $10$ tests.
Ravi
$25$
$50$
$45$
$30$
$72$
$42$
$36$
$48$
$35$
$60$
Hashima
$10$
$70$
$50$
$20$
$95$
$55$
$42$
$60$
$48$
$80$
Who is more intelligent and who is more consistent?
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Mean and standard deviation of 100 observations were found to be 40 and 10, respectively. If at the time of calculation two observations were wrongly taken as 30 and 70 in place of 3 and 27 respectively, find the correct standard deviation.
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The frequency distribution:
$x$ $A$ $2A$ $3A$ $4A$ $5A$ $6A$
$f$ $2$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$ $1$
where $A$ is a positive integer$,$ has a variance of $160.$ Determine the value of $A.$
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Calculate the mean deviation about the mean for the following frequency distribution:
Class interval
$0-4$ $4-8$ $8-12$ $12-16$ $16-20$
Frequency
$4$ $6$ $8$ $5$ $2$
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