Algebra II : Deviation Concepts

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Example Question #13 : Standard Deviation

If the mean is  with a standard deviation of , then which of the following values is within one standard deviation?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If mean is  with standard deviation of , then one standard deviation within has a range of  to .

Remember, we find the range by adding the standard deviation to the mean and subtracting the standard deviation from the mean.

Only  is in the range.

The rest of the numbers are more than one standard deviation. 

Example Question #11 : Standard Deviation

If variance is , what is the standard deviation?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Variance is, 

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To find standard deviation is to take the sqaure root of the variance.

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Example Question #15 : Standard Deviation

What is the difference between two standard deviations on the right tail with one standard deviation on the right tail? Assume a normal distribution.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Two standard deviations represents . One standard deviation represents . The difference is . However, the question is focusing on the right side of the tail. Since it's normal distribution, both tails of the graph are equal. Divide  by  and we get .

Example Question #16 : Standard Deviation

If the number set is within a standard deviation and the range is  to , what is the standard deviation? Assume a normal distribution.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since it's normally distributed, that means we can find the mean. The middle number in the number set is the mean. In this case that value is . Since it's within one standard deviation, we can take the difference of either  and  or  and  which the answer is  either way.

Example Question #17 : Standard Deviation

If the number set is within  standard deviations and the range is  to , what is the standard deviation? Assume a normal distribution.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since it's normally distributed, that means we can find the mean. The middle number in the number set is the mean. In this case that value is .

Since it's  standard deviations, we need to set up an equation.

 This is written like this because  is the lowest number in the set,  represents the  standard deviations and  is one standard deviation. By subtracting  both sides and dividing both sides by , we get .

Example Question #482 : Algebra Ii

How many standard deviations represents  of a set in a normal distribution?

Possible Answers:

Five

One

Four

Two

Three

Correct answer:

Two

Explanation:

One standard deviation represents . Two standard deviations represents . Three standard deviations represents .

As you add more standard deviations, the percent coverages get a bit bigger.

The answer is just two. 

Example Question #19 : Standard Deviation

Determine the population standard deviation of the following data set and round to three decimal places:  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the formula for population standard deviation.

 represents the number of terms,  represents the terms in the data set, and  is the mean.

Calculate the mean, .

Evaluate the variance, .

The standard deviation is the square root of the variance.

The answer is:  

Example Question #20 : Standard Deviation

A jellybean machine dispenses 3 jellybeans on the first trial, 5 jellybeans on the second trial, and 7 jellybeans on the third trial.  Determine the sample standard deviation.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The standard deviation measures the spread of the results.

Write the formula for the sample standard deviation.

Determine the mean .

The term  means that we are summing the squared differences from the mean.

Simplify the terms.

 represents the sample size.  There are three numbers in the data.

 

The answer is:  

Example Question #21 : Deviation Concepts

Determine the sample standard deviation if the sample variance is .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the formula for the standard deviation given the variance.

Substitute the variance into the standard deviation.

The answer is:  

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