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"query": {
"display": "standard deviation $$68,\\:65,\\:58,\\:55,\\:49$$",
"symbolab_question": "STATISTICS#std 68,65,58,55,49"
},
"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Statistics",
"topic": "std",
"subTopic": "Other",
"default": "7.64852…"
},
"steps": {
"type": "interim",
"title": "Standard Deviation of $$68,\\:65,\\:58,\\:55,\\:49:{\\quad}7.64852…$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "definition",
"title": "Standard Deviation",
"text": "The standard deviation, $$\\sigma\\left(X\\right)$$, is the square root of the variance:$${\\quad}\\sigma\\left(X\\right)=\\sqrt{\\frac{\\sum_{i=1}^{n}\\left(x_{i}-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}}$$"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute the variance:$${\\quad}58.5$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "definition",
"title": "Sample Variance",
"text": "The sample variance measures how much the data is spread out in the sample.<br/>For a data set $$x_{1},\\:\\ldots\\:,\\:x_{n}$$ (n elements) with an average $$\\bar{x}$$, $$Var\\left(X\\right)=\\sum_{i=1}^{n}\\frac{\\left(x_{i}-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}$$"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute the average, $$\\bar{x}:{\\quad}59$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "definition",
"title": "Arithmetic Mean",
"text": "The arithemtic mean (average) is the sum of the values in the set divided by the number of elements in that set.<br/>If our data set contains the values $$a_{1},\\:\\ldots\\:,\\:a_{n}$$ (n elements) then the average$$=\\frac{1}{n}\\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}\\:$$"
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute the sum of the data set:$${\\quad}\\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}=295$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Take the sum of $$68,\\:65,\\:58,\\:55,\\:49$$",
"result": "68+65+58+55+49"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "295"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Take Sum Of Set Title 0Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute the number of terms in the data set:$${\\quad}n=5$$",
"input": "68,\\:65,\\:58,\\:55,\\:49",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Count the number of terms in the data set",
"result": "\\begin{Bmatrix}68&65&58&55&49\\\\1&2&3&4&5\\end{Bmatrix}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "The number of terms in the data set is",
"result": "5"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Compute Number Terms Specific 0Eq",
"gptData": "pG0PljGlka7rWtIVHz2xyoU2cWyPLDgE1QLLHeauuc3K5O+fXcZudMI+14ZU5ZwQp9wy31HdDJRMD4uiaWz07swGDq7iA6052JsaffwjYCAFZ9aeyZgsUaHG8WQcjMt1c6urOB/xTn7Xw/h3iKrWOU3kCh3oevUunZ7/b0qFKBQaX3Ff8s2oJCF512+gbP1WndBrgWO4fjYIqbXYybmyzvmJ1uLYQ2OEB6nvMp+GF4I="
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Divide the sum by the number of terms and simplify:$${\\quad}59$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Divide the sum by the number of terms:$${\\quad}\\frac{\\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}}{n}=\\frac{295}{5}$$",
"result": "\\frac{295}{5}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "59"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Compute The Average Title 0Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "=59"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Arithmetic Mean Top 1Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute $$\\sum_{i=1}^n\\left(x_i-\\bar{x}\\right)^2:{\\quad}234$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Take the sum of $$\\left(68-59\\right)^{2},\\:\\left(65-59\\right)^{2},\\:\\left(58-59\\right)^{2},\\:\\left(55-59\\right)^{2},\\:\\left(49-59\\right)^{2}$$",
"result": "\\left(68-59\\right)^{2}+\\left(65-59\\right)^{2}+\\left(58-59\\right)^{2}+\\left(55-59\\right)^{2}+\\left(49-59\\right)^{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "234"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Generic Compute Title 1Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute the number of terms in the data set:$${\\quad}n=5$$",
"input": "68,\\:65,\\:58,\\:55,\\:49",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Count the number of terms in the data set",
"result": "\\begin{Bmatrix}68&65&58&55&49\\\\1&2&3&4&5\\end{Bmatrix}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "The number of terms in the data set is",
"result": "5"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Compute Number Terms Specific 0Eq",
"gptData": "pG0PljGlka7rWtIVHz2xyoU2cWyPLDgE1QLLHeauuc3K5O+fXcZudMI+14ZU5ZwQp9wy31HdDJRMD4uiaWz07swGDq7iA6052JsaffwjYCAFZ9aeyZgsUaHG8WQcjMt1c6urOB/xTn7Xw/h3iKrWOU3kCh3oevUunZ7/b0qFKBQaX3Ff8s2oJCF512+gbP1WndBrgWO4fjYIqbXYybmyzvmJ1uLYQ2OEB6nvMp+GF4I="
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute $$Var\\left(X\\right)=\\sum_{i=1}^{n}\\frac{\\left(x_{i}-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}:{\\quad}58.5$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "$$\\frac{\\sum_{i=1}^n\\left(x_i-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}=\\frac{234}{4}$$",
"result": "\\frac{234}{4}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "58.5"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Compute The Variance Title 0Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "58.5"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Variance Top 1Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Compute $$\\sigma\\left(X\\right)=\\sqrt{\\sum_{i=1}^{n}\\frac{\\left(x_{i}-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}}:{\\quad}7.64852…$$",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "The variance is $$58.5$$ , therefore $$\\sqrt{\\sum_{i=1}^{n}\\frac{\\left(x_{i}-\\bar{x}\\right)^2}{n-1}}=\\sqrt{58.5}$$",
"result": "\\sqrt{58.5}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "7.64852…"
}
],
"meta": {
"interimType": "Compute The STDV Title 0Eq"
}
},
{
"type": "step",
"result": "7.64852…"
}
]
}
}
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