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  • Nov 7, 2009, 03:20 PM
    drfarah
    Statistic- Sample Variance
    Hello,,
    Please I want to know the answer of this question:

    Consider the following data set:
    51,52,54,54,55,59,60,60,64,67,69,70,74,74,78,81,84 ,85,86,110

    Calculate the Sample Variance
  • Nov 7, 2009, 03:23 PM
    galactus
    Run it through a calculator, Excel, or something else that will calculate it fast.
  • Nov 7, 2009, 03:25 PM
    drfarah

    But how!
  • Nov 7, 2009, 03:30 PM
    drfarah
    There are many variance calculations in Exel. I don't know which one should I choose
  • Nov 7, 2009, 03:36 PM
    drfarah
    what is the equation that we have to use in this situation?
  • Nov 7, 2009, 04:40 PM
    galactus
    Type your data into Excel in cells A1 to A20. Then, in some cell, type =VAR(A1:A20) and it should give it to you.
  • Nov 7, 2009, 08:24 PM
    Unknown008

    There is a formula for variance that I know.



    where v is variance;
    x bar the mean
    n the number of terms
    x is the sum of terms
  • Nov 12, 2009, 08:48 PM
    morgaine300
    Actually, it's:


  • Nov 13, 2009, 03:10 AM
    Unknown008

    Oops, correct, I forgot the squared part, I'm not used to stats yet... :o

    Now, just getting into grouped data, the formulae involved
  • Nov 14, 2009, 02:40 AM
    morgaine300

    That's OK. We'll forgive you... this time. :-)
  • Nov 14, 2009, 07:37 AM
    Unknown008

    :eek:

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