Question

A group of kids just finished trick-or-treating. The number of pieces of candy collected by each of the 5 kids

Answer 1

Answer:

$s = \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^n (X_i -\bar X)^2}{n-1}}$

$s =\sqrt{\frac{(31-35)^2 +(33-35)^2 +(36-35)^2 +(41-35)^2 +(34-35)^2}{5-1}} =3.808$

And the answer for this case would be :

$s= 3.81$ after round the value

Step-by-step explanation:

We have the following data set given:

31, 33, 36, 41, 34

If we want to find the standard deviation we need to find first the sample mean with this formula:

$\bar X = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n X_i}{n}$

And replacing we got:

$\bar X = \frac{31+33+36+41+34}{5}= \frac{175}{5}= 35$

Now we can find the sampel deviation with this formula:

$s = \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^n (X_i -\bar X)^2}{n-1}}$

And replacing we got:

$s =\sqrt{\frac{(31-35)^2 +(33-35)^2 +(36-35)^2 +(41-35)^2 +(34-35)^2}{5-1}} =3.808$

And the answer for this case would be :

$s= 3.81$ after round the value