Measures of Variation
Name: _____________________________________________________ Section: ________________
1.) When finding population variance, you divide the sum of squares by _________.
A.) N C.) N -1
B.) sum of x D.) (sum of x) -1
2.) When finding sample variance, you divide the sum of squares by ____________.
A.) n C.) n -1
B.) sum of x D.) (sum of x) -1
3.) Standard deviation is the ___________ of variance.
A.) Opposite C.) Square
B.) Reciprocal D.) Square root
4.) A set with no variation means all the elements are ___________.
A.) A set distance from the mean C.) Zero
B.) The same D.) Nulls
5-8.) Given A = {𝟑, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟗, 𝟐, 𝟏}, find the range, mean, variance, and standard deviation.
9-15.) Given the table below, find the range, mean, variance, and standard deviation.
Class Frequency
[0 – 5) 8
[5 – 10) 10
[10 – 15) 3
[15 – 20) 2
[20 – 25) 1
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