Q. In the data set below, what is the variance?2,7,5,4,3,6,1If the answer is a decimal, round it to the nearest tenth.variance (σ2): _____
Calculate Squared Differences: Now, let's calculate the squared differences from the mean.(2−4)2+(7−4)2+(5−4)2+(4−4)2+(3−4)2+(6−4)2+(1−4)2= (−2)2+(3)2+(1)2+(0)2+(−1)2+(2)2+(−3)2= 4+9+1+0+1+4+9= 28
Find Variance: Finally, we divide the sum of squared differences by the number of values to find the variance.σ2=728σ2=4
More problems from Variance and standard deviation