The number of inquiries received per day by the Office of Administration in a certain

university is shown below. Find the variance and standard deviation.

Number of Probability
Inquiries P(x) .
X P(X) -
X μ -
(X μ)2 - .
(X μ)2 P(x)
(x)
22 0.08 1.76 -2.19 4.80 0.384

23 0.19 4.37 -1.19 1.42 0.270

24 0.36 8.64 -0.19 0.04 0.014

25 0.25 6.25 0.81 0.66 0.165

26 0.07 1.82 1.81 3.28 0.230

27 0.05 1.35 2.81 7.90 0.395

MEAN= 24.19

VARIANCE= 1.458

STANDARD DEVIATION= 1.21

LOOK BACK AND REFLECT

 What are the steps in computing the variance and the standard deviation of a probability
distribution of a random variable? How it is similar to the procedure in finding the variance and
standard deviation of a frequency distribution?

 STEP 1: Find the mean of the probability distribution.

STEP 2: Subtract the mean from each value of the random variable x.
STEP 3: Square the results obtained in Step 3.
STEP 4: Multiply the results obtained in Step 3 by the corresponding probability.
STEP 5: Get the sum of the results obtained in Step 4 for the variance.
STEP 6: Square root the variance to get the standard deviation.
 In finding the variance and standard deviation of the frequency distribution, there
is also a need for us to find the mean for us to come up with the answer.

 Compare the formulas for finding the variance and standard deviation of a frequency distribution
and that of a probability distribution.

 I do find it similar. The difference is that in finding the variance and the standard
deviation in frequency distribution, we need to tally the given so that we can get
the frequency and the sample means so that we can get the answer, unlike in the
probability distribution, all we need to find out is the mean and then we can
perform the specific steps.

 What does the variance and standard deviation of a probability distribution tell us? How do you
interpret the variance and standard deviation of a probability distribution?

 The variance and the closely related standard deviation are measures of how
spread out a distribution is. In short, they are measure of variability.

 Which formula is easier to use in finding the variance and standard deviation of a probability
distribution?

 In getting the mean, then you must subtract the mean to the given number of
something represent as x (x-µ), next is to square the deviation (x-µ) 2 , then for
you to get the variance, multiply the P(x) to the squared deviation like this
(X-μ)2.P(x). After getting the variance, get the standard deviation by using the
steps in probability distribution.
REFLECTION

1. Roll a die 50 times. Construct a probability distribution and find the variance and standard
deviation. Compare the result with the theoretical results.

SAMPLE SPACE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

1 12/50
2 6/50
3 7/50
4 6/50
5 13/50
6 6/50

X P(X) .
X P(X) -
X μ -
(X μ)2 - .
(X μ)2 P(x)
1 12/50=0.24 12/50=0.24 -2.4 5.76 1.3824
2 6/50=0.12 12/50=0.24 -1.4 1.96 0.2352
3 7/50=0.14 21/50=0.42 -0.4 0.16 0.0224
4 6/50=0.12 24/50=0.48 0.6 0.36 0.0432
5 13/50=0.26 65/50=1.3 1.6 2.56 0.6656
6 6/50=0.12 36/50=0.72 2.6 6.76 0.8112
N=1 µ=3.4 3.16

MEAN= 3.4

VARIANCE= 3.16

STANDARD DEVIATION= 1.78

2. Conduct a survey on the number of sports related activities your classmates are involved in.
Construct a probability distribution and compute the mean, variance and standard deviation.
.

SPORTS
Volleyball 12/40
Basketball 19/40
Chess 5/40
Badminton 4/40
X P(X) .
X P(X) -
X μ -
(X μ)2 - .
(X μ)2 P(x)
1 12/40=0.3 0.3 -1.025 1.050625 0.3151875
2 19/40=0.475 0.95 -0.025 0.000625 0.000296875
3 5/40=0.125 0.375 0.975 0.950625 0.11882812
4 4/40=0.1 0.4 1.975 3.900625 0.3900625
N=1 µ=2.025 0.824375

MEAN= 2.025

VARIANCE= 0.824375

STANDARD DEVIATION= 0.90795099 or 0.91