Statistics Questions

Multiple choice
  1. 21

  2. 21.2

  3. 21.4

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mean = (8+12+13+15+22)/5 = 70/5 = 14. Variance = [(8-14)^2 + (12-14)^2 + (13-14)^2 + (15-14)^2 + (22-14)^2] / 5 = (36 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 64) / 5 = 106 / 5 = 21.2.

Multiple choice
  1. $3.5$
  2. $3.25$
  3. $3$
  4. $3.75$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The mean deviation from the mean is the average of the absolute differences between each data point and the mean. With mean 10, the differences are |6-10|=4, |7-10|=3, |10-10|=0, |12-10|=2, |13-10|=3, |a-10|, |12-10|=2, |16-10|=6. Summing these and dividing by 8 gives 3.25, which implies |a-10|=2, meaning a=12 or 8.

Multiple choice
  1. $2$
  2. $\sqrt 2$
  3. $2 \sqrt 2$
  4. $4$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

For a set of 2n observations with n equal to alpha and n equal to -alpha, the mean is 0. Variance = [n(alpha^2) + n(-alpha^2)] / 2n = (2n * alpha^2) / 2n = alpha^2. Standard deviation = sqrt(variance) = |alpha|. Given SD = 2, |alpha| = 2.