Deviation Concepts

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Algebra II › Deviation Concepts

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Mr. Bell gave out a science test last week to six honors students. The scores were 88, 94, 80, 79, 74, and 83. What is the standard deviation of the scores? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

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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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Mr. Bell gave out a science test last week to six honors students. The scores were 88, 94, 80, 79, 74, and 83. What is the standard deviation of the scores? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

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

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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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Determine the sample standard deviation if the sample variance is .

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In the population of high school boys, the variance in height, measured in inches, was found to be 16. Assuming that the height data is normally distributed, 95% of high school boys should have a height within how many inches of the mean?

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At the end of the fall semester, a math class of ninth graders had the following grades: 85, 75, 97, 83, 62, 75, 88, 84, 92, and 89.

What is the standard deviation of this class?

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In her last six basketball games, Jane scored 15, 17, 12, 15, 18, and 22 points per game. What is the standard deviation of these score totals? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

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