STANDARD DEVIATION AND PERCENTILES.

1. Get the variance and standard deviation of the data of grades below
Data: 70, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95

SOLUTION:
x́ = 80.71
1
Variance = ( 571.4287 ) =95.238
𝓍 (𝓍 – x́ ) (𝓍 – x́ )2 6
70 -10.71 114.7041
Standard deviation = √ 95.238=9.75
70 -10.71 114.7041
2. Get the variance and standard deviation of the group
75 -5.71 32.6041
frequency distribution below
80 -0.71 0.5041
85
Data 4.29 18.4041
Frequency
20-29
90 9.29 686.3041
30-39 6
95
40-49 14.29 3204.2041
50-59 0.03 6571.4287
60-69 4

SOLUTION:
x́ = 42.9
1
Class Freq Midpoint (m- x́ ) (m- x́ )2 f*((m- x́ )2) Variance = (5,136 )=214
24
20-29 6 24.5 147 -18.4 338.56 2,031.36
Standard deviation =
30-39 6 34.5 207 -8.4 70.56 423.36

40-49 3 44.5 133.5 1.6 2.56 7.68

50-59 6 54.5 327 11.6 134.56 807.36
√ 214=14.6287
60-69 4 64.5 258 21.6 466.56 1,866.24
25 1,012.8 5,136

PERCENTILES

3. Dataset:
25 32 33 35 36
43 44 51 57 60
61 65 72 73 74
 79 80 82 86 86
90 94 95 95 99

A. 35th percentile B. 40th percentile

SOLUTION:
A. k=35:
35
index = (25) =9
100
9th position: 57
B. k=35:
40
index = (25) =10
100
60+61
=60.5
2
4. Dataset:
33 48 57 67 67
69 75 77 77 78
80 83 85 86 87
88 89 90 99 99
99 99 100 101 105

60th percentile = 87.5

SOLUTION:

k=60:
60
index = (25) =15
100
87+88
=87.5
2

5. Solve for the following percentile problem with a given Mean is equal to 15 and standard deviation is equal to 3.
 Draw the graph below.

 What is the probability of being between 6 & 18? Write your solution below.
o ___________________83.5%______________________

 What percent is above 12? ______84%__________

 What is the probability of being less than 18? __________84%________________
 What percent is above 9? ____97.5%___________

SOLUTION: