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Find the standard deviation of the set {4, 7, 3, 8, 2, 6, 5, 8, 3, 2} to the nearest hundredth. |
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2.23 |
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2.46 |
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2.00 |
D. |
2.35 |
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The scores on a national achievement test are normally distributed with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. Out of a group of 200 students, how many would you expect to score more than 70? |
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32 |
B. |
5 |
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1 |
D. |
10 |
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Suppose that the mean is 50. How many standard deviations away is the value 65? |
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about 2 standard deviations |
B. |
about 1 standard deviation |
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within 1 standard deviation |
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cannot be determined from given information |
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Compute the variance and standard deviation for the set of {7,7,7,7}. Round to the nearest tenth. |
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0; 7 |
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0; 28 |
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7; 0 |
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0; 0 |
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Compute the variance and standard deviation for the set of {284, 298, 302, 305, 310, 314, 321, 331, 337, 348}. Round to the nearest tenth. |
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335.7; 18.3 |
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289.2; 17.0 |
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C. |
337.9; 18.4 |
D. |
341.0; 18.5 |
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