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Measures of Variability

Measures of Variability. Objective: Students should know what a variance and standard deviation are and for what type of data they typically used . Measures of Variability. Single values that summarize the degree of variability in a set of quantitative data Most common are:

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Measures of Variability

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  1. Measures of Variability Objective: • Students should know what a variance and standard deviationareand for what type of datatheytypically used.

  2. Measures of Variability Single values that summarize the degree of variability in a set of quantitative data Most common are: variance standard deviation (The standard deviation is the square root of the variance)

  3. Notation Variance and standard deviation are calculated slightly differently depending on whether the data represent an entire population or a sample from the population. Symbols used for populations and samples:

  4. Calculating Variance and Standard Deviation Formula for population variance (2) and standard deviation () Formula for sample variance (s2) and standard deviation (s, sd)

  5. Example of determining a sample standard deviation: 2

  6. Standard Deviation The standard deviation has important uses for continuous data, particularly when the frequency distribution follows a normal (also called Gaussian, or bell-shaped) distribution The normal distribution is the most important probability distribution in statistics

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