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1.3b Standard Deviation Read pp. 60-66 The aneragr diskance Grom He mean 16 Z+aeaehelra4aed a ae So,om ancoog He values are 2 envoy from fra moon. What does the standard deviation measure? the typicad olishanee the values are from He mean of He istibuhm. What are some similarities and differences between the range, JOR, and standard deviation? Sinilortties Differences (UW measure ee vale of ~TQK is wesistance but He distribvhin ronge © SD are not resisted. -S0 ¥ range masure variability, OF entire distrib Hon put TAR ig yoriabiliky of middle 90% How is the standard deviation calculated? “Finding Hho averaae of the ‘What is the variance? a Squared deviations om Yon Vor =(Spy it is aa tabing He square root, SGuere s Cow Foemuca CHART 's,) Standard deviadion. - Put data to List. Stat>> Cale > |i l-Var Stats List by Freglist: (Leave bland) 2, SB=Q Var What are some properties of the standard deviation? Lmyasures Spread about He mean shed only use it when man is the measure of cender. Is always greater than or egual to @. -As ebsevedions a mere spread ot, Sx gets bigger “tas same units aS original observedions . _Not resistant because it is basecl on the mean. Example: A random sample of 5 students was asked how many minutes they spent doing HW the previous night. Here are their responses (in minutes): 0, 25, 30, 60, 90. Calculate and interpret the standard deviation. Ender dada into Ly . Stat > Cole > Vl Var Stee st ly Freep list: Colank) Sel BUF Son average, He dade is 34,F minvies awary Srom Ha mvan of I. What factors should you consider when choosing summary statistics? -lF ovtliers ane present > Median + TER ave best or dara is skewed % Hey ore resistant +40 ootliers -l@ dota 1S voug Sammatiie ae => ManK) ord S005, ae best outtiers Kile lata 40 se shaper, Hun decides}

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