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Practice — Measures of variation • Variance and standard deviation

Variance and standard deviation: check 1
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The complete data set, measured in minutes, is \(14,17,17,20,23,26,26,29,35\). Treat these nine observations as a population.

StemLeaf
14 7 7
20 3 6 6 9
35

Key: 2 | 7 represents 27 minutes.

Find the mean in minutes.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: review variant 1
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O1-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The complete data set, measured in minutes, is \(15,19,19,23,27,31,31,35,43\). Treat these nine observations as a population.

StemLeaf
15 9 9
23 7
31 1 5
43

Key: 2 | 7 represents 27 minutes.

Find the mean in minutes.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: check 2
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O2

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The complete data set, measured in minutes, is \(15,19,19,23,27,31,31,35,43\). Treat these nine observations as a population.

StemLeaf
15 9 9
23 7
31 1 5
43

Key: 2 | 7 represents 27 minutes.

Find the population variance in square minutes.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: review variant 2
Difficulty: ★★☆
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O2-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The complete data set, measured in minutes, is \(16,17,17,18,19,20,20,21,23\). Treat these nine observations as a population.

StemLeaf
16 7 7 8 9
20 0 1 3

Key: 2 | 7 represents 27 minutes.

Find the population variance in square minutes.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: check 3
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O3

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=17\) observations X have mean 14 and population variance 15. Define \(Y=2X+19\). A second disjoint group has 19 Y-values with mean 51.

Find the sum of Y in the first group.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: review variant 3
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O3-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=18\) observations X have mean 15 and population variance 16. Define \(Y=3X+20\). A second disjoint group has 20 Y-values with mean 69.

Find the sum of Y in the first group.

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Variance and standard deviation: check 4
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O4

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=18\) observations X have mean 15 and population variance 16. Define \(Y=3X+20\). A second disjoint group has 20 Y-values with mean 69.

Find the mean of all Y-values in both groups.

Enter one number or fraction. Use at least six decimal places when needed; a distribution calculator may be used for probabilities.

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Variance and standard deviation: review variant 4
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M4U-EXT-QP-9709-S1-T137-O4-V1

Maths4U Original · Short practice

The \(\displaystyle n=19\) observations X have mean 16 and population variance 17. Define \(Y=4X+21\). A second disjoint group has 21 Y-values with mean 89.

Find the mean of all Y-values in both groups.

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