Welcome
to Class
(2 Minutes)
Rearrange these three sets into order according
to their dispersion. The set with the smallest
dispersion should be at the top.
Topic
Variance and Standard
Deviation
Chapter 6: Representing Data – Statistics for
Univariate (Page 305 - 309)
Date: 06/02/2024
Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you should be
able to;
• To find the variance of a data set
• To calculate standard deviation of a data
set
Real Life Application
● Market research and consumer behaviour analysis use
statistical methods to interpret and analyse data, make
predictions and guide business decisions.
● Financial analysts use statistics to model and forecast
stock prices, assess risk and make investment decisions.
● In economics, statistics are utilized to measure economic
indicators, such as inflation rates, unemployment rates
and gross domestic product (GDP).
● Healthcare providers use statistics to analyze patient
data, assess the effectiveness of medical procedures and
study the impact of public health programs. Etc.
Key Vocabularies
• Data
• Discrete data
• Continuous data
• Variance
• Standard deviation
Variance and
Standard deviation
VARIANCE
• Variance is the average squared deviation
from the mean of a set of data.
• It is used to find the standard deviation.
How to find the Variance
• Find the mean of the data.
• Subtract the mean from each value of the data.
The result is called the deviation from the
mean.
• Square each deviation of the mean.
• Find the sum of the squares.
• Divide the total by the number of items
STANDARD DEVIATION
• Standard deviation shows the variation in data.
• If the data is close together, the standard
deviation will be small.
• If the data is spread out, the standard deviation
will be large.
STANDARD DEVIATION FORMULA
The standard deviation formula can be
represented using sigma notation:
The standard deviation formula is the square root
of the variance.
Discussion Activity
The math test scores of five students are: 92, 88,
80, 68 and 52.
Find the variance and standard deviation.
Practice Activity 1 (6 Minutes)
Exercise 6I Page 318
Find the mean, variance and standard deviation of
each data set.
a. 4, 6, 7, 7, 5, 1, 2, 3.
b. 2, 5, 8, 7, 1, 3, 9, 11, 4, 2.
Practice Activity 2 (5 Minutes)
Exercise 6I Page 318
Find the mean and standard deviation of the data
in the table below.
Productive
Task
Productive Task (8 Minutes)
A real estate agent recorded the number of
rooms in the houses that she was selling.
a. Find the mean and standard deviation.
b. Remove the house with 18 rooms and
find the new mean and standard Success Criteria
deviation. • Application of the appropriate formula
• Detailed solution for the mean and the
standard deviation.
Plenary Session
• What do you find challenging in
the lesson?
• What have you learnt today?
Enrichment Resources/Links
Visit the following links to learn more about the
topic:
● VARIANCE AND STANDARD DEVIATION
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