Q. In the data set below, what is the variance?7,6,6,2,4If the answer is a decimal, round it to the nearest tenth.variance (σ2): _____
Calculate Sum Squared Differences: Now, let's calculate the sum of the squared differences from the mean.(7−5)2+(6−5)2+(6−5)2+(2−5)2+(4−5)2= (2)2+(1)2+(1)2+(−3)2+(−1)2= 4+1+1+9+1= 16
Divide by Number of Data Points: Finally, we divide the sum of squared differences by the number of data points to get the variance.Variance σ2 = 516Variance σ2 = 3.2
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