Understanding Standard Deviation - High School Math
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A bird watcher observed how many birds came to her bird feeder for four days. These were the results:
Day 1: 15
Day 2: 12
Day 3: 10
Day 4: 13
Which answer is closest to the standard deviation of the number of birds to visit the bird feeder over the four days?
A bird watcher observed how many birds came to her bird feeder for four days. These were the results:
Day 1: 15
Day 2: 12
Day 3: 10
Day 4: 13
Which answer is closest to the standard deviation of the number of birds to visit the bird feeder over the four days?
Standard deviation is essentially the average distance from the mean of a group of numbers. There are a number of steps in computing standard deviation, but the steps are not too complicated if you take them one at a time. First, find the mean of the values. Second, subtract the mean from the first value and square the result. Do this for all remaining values. Third, add these results together. Fourth, divide this value by the number of values. Finally, find the square root of the result.
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Standard deviation is essentially the average distance from the mean of a group of numbers. There are a number of steps in computing standard deviation, but the steps are not too complicated if you take them one at a time. First, find the mean of the values. Second, subtract the mean from the first value and square the result. Do this for all remaining values. Third, add these results together. Fourth, divide this value by the number of values. Finally, find the square root of the result.
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Alice recorded the outside temperature at noon each day for one week. These were the results.
Monday: 78
Tuesday: 85
Wednesday: 82
Thursday: 84
Friday: 82
Saturday: 79
Sunday: 80
What is the standard deviation of the temperatures?
Alice recorded the outside temperature at noon each day for one week. These were the results.
Monday: 78
Tuesday: 85
Wednesday: 82
Thursday: 84
Friday: 82
Saturday: 79
Sunday: 80
What is the standard deviation of the temperatures?
There are five steps to finding the standard deviation of a group of values. First, find the mean of the values. Second, subtract the mean from the first value and square the result. Do this for all remaining values. Third, add these results together. Fourth, divide this value by the number of values minus one. Finally, find the square root of the result.
There are five steps to finding the standard deviation of a group of values. First, find the mean of the values. Second, subtract the mean from the first value and square the result. Do this for all remaining values. Third, add these results together. Fourth, divide this value by the number of values minus one. Finally, find the square root of the result.
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