MHB How to Calculate Measures of Variability for a Data Set?

[jahmal]

5,7,5,9,4,7,7,6,8
what is range?
What is sample variance?
What is sample standard deviation?
What is the estimated population variance?
What is the estimated population standard deviation?
Which measure of variability would you choose to describe these data and why?
Can whomever helps show work?

 

[Jameson]

5,7,5,9,4,7,7,6,8
what is range?
What is sample variance?
What is sample standard deviation?
What is the estimated population variance?
What is the estimated population standard deviation?
Which measure of variability would you choose to describe these data and why?
Can whomever helps show work?

Hello and welcome to MHB! :D

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[HallsofIvy]

This is really just a question about the definitions of "range", "sample variance", "sample standard deviation", "estimated population variance?", and "estimated population standard deviation".

Surely you were not given questions about these without being given the definitions first? Have you looked up those words in your textbook?