Find the standard deviation of the following discr – Class 11 Mathematics And Statistics

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Find the standard deviation of the following discrete frequency distribution:

$x$	10	20	30	40	50
$f$	4	6	10	6	4

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Set up the table ( $N = \sum f = 30$ ):

$x$	$f$	$fx$	$x - \bar{x}$	$(x-\bar{x})^2$	$f(x-\bar{x})^2$
10	4	40	$-20$	400	1600
20	6	120	$-10$	100	600
30	10	300	0	0	0
40	6	240	10	100	600
50	4	200	20	400	1600
Total	30	900			4400

Mean: $\bar{x} = \dfrac{\sum fx}{N} = \dfrac{900}{30} = 30$ .

Variance:

\sigma^2 = \frac{\sum f(x - \bar{x})^2}{N} = \frac{4400}{30} = 146.67.

Standard deviation:

$\sigma = \sqrt{146.67} \approx 12.11.$ …

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Standard deviation is defined as the positive square root of variance.

By definition, standard deviation $\sigma = \sqrt{\text{variance}}$ . Given variance $= 144$ :

$\sigma = \sqrt{144} = 12$ …

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The square of the standard deviation is called the variance, option (c).

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