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What is the standard deviation of the following series
class | $0-10$ | $10-20$ | $20-30$ | $30-40$ |
Freq | $1$ | $3$ | $4$ | $2$ |
A
$81$
B
$7.6$
C
$9$
D
$2.26$
Solution
Class | $f$ | ${y_i}$ |
$d = {y_i} – A,$ $A = 25$ |
${f_i}{d_i}$ | ${f_i}d_i^2$ |
$0-10$ | $1$ | $5$ | $-20$ | $-20$ | $400$ |
$10-20$ | $3$ | $15$ | $-10$ | $-30$ | $300$ |
$20-30$ | $4$ | $25$ | $0$ | $0$ | $0$ |
$30-40$ | $2$ | $35$ | $10$ | $20$ | $200$ |
Total | $10$ | $-30$ | $900$ |
${\sigma ^2} = \frac{{\sum {{f_i}} d_i^2}}{{\sum {{f_i}} }} – {\left( {\frac{{\sum {{f_i}} {d_i}}}{{\sum {{f_i}} }}} \right)^2}$
$=\frac{900}{10}-\left(\frac{-30}{10}\right)^{2}$
$\sigma^{2}=90-9=81 $
$\Rightarrow \sigma=9$
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