SAMPLE PROBLEMS WITH ANSWERS FOR MEASURES OF

VARIABILITY
1.The following data: P435, P282, P350, P420, P340, P395, P339 and P375, are the prices of
seven books randomly selected from a university bookstore. Complete the table and find the
mean deviation.
Solution:

x x−x |x−x|
435 68 68 n= 8___
❑
282 -85 85
∑ ❑ x=2,936
❑

350 -17 17 x=367

❑
420 53 53
∑
❑
❑¿

❑
340 -27 27
∑ ❑|x− x|=314
❑

395 28 28 MD= 39.25

339 -28 28
375 8 8

2. The supervisor of the fast-food restaurant selected several receipts at random. The amounts
spent by customers were P75, P60, P65, P62,P80, P83, P89, and 78. Complete the table and
find the variance and standard deviation.

x x−x ( x−x )2
75 1 1 n=8
❑
60 -14 196
∑ ❑ x=592
❑

65 -9 81 x=74
❑
62 -12 144
∑ ❑ ( x−x )2=780
❑

80 6 36 s2=111.43
83 9 81 s=10.56
89 15 225
78 4 16