Variance - practice problems
In statistics, a variance is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean.Direction: Solve each problem carefully and show your solution in each item.
Number of problems found: 29
- A sample variance
Calculate the value of the sample variance. −8,−8,−3,13,4,−8,10,8
- Dispersion 3335
What is the value of the variance of the data in the file if the calculated standard deviation = 2? a) Dispersion = 6 b) Dispersion = 4 c) Dispersion = 9 d) Dispersion = 2
- Distribution 6399
For the statistical file: 2.3; 3.4; 1.8; 3.2; 3.2; 1.9; 3.3; 4.5; 4.3; 5.0; 4.8; 4.3; 4.3; 1.9 Determine the sample variance and the median, and from the empirical distribution function, determine P (2.1
- Balls
We have n identical balls (numbered 1-n) selected without replacement. Determine 1) The probability that at least one tensile strength number coincides with the number of balls? 2) Determine the mean and variance of the number of balls, which coincides wi
- Variability 29933
In September, students missed the following number of lessons: Girls: 2; 0; 7; 8; 2; 2; 4; Boys: 4; 4; 0; 3; 10; 3; 8; Compare the variability of both statistical files.
- Coefficient of skewness
For the data set whose Karl Pearson's Coefficient of skewness = -2.25, variance is 16, and Mean is 35, then its median value will be:
- Controller
Output Controller of the company in the control of 50 randomly selected products found that 37 of them had no defects, eight had only one flaw, three had two defects, and two products had three defects. Determine the standard deviation and coefficient of
- Variance and average
Of the 40 values were calculated average mx = 7.5 and variance sx = 2.25. After we found the control to lack the two items of the values of x41 = 3.8 and x42=7. Correct the above characteristics (mx and sx).
- Distribution 6282
The waiting time in the buffet is governed by the normal distribution with a mean value of 130 seconds and a variance of 400. What is the probability that someone will wait less than a minute and a half?
- A sample 2
A sample of underweight babies was fed a special diet, and the following weight gains (lbs) were observed at the end of three months: 6.7, 2.7, 2.5, 3.6, 3.4, 4.1, 4.8, 5.9, and 8.3. Find the variance. (Round off to the nearest hundredths)
- Distribution 6283
The life of the bulbs has a normal distribution with a mean value of 2000 hours and a standard deviation of 200 hours. What is the probability that the light bulb will last for at least 2100 hours?
- Distribution 2645
The worker operates 600 spindles on which the yarn is wound. The probability of tearing the yarn on each spindle at time t is 0.005. a) Determine the probability distribution of the number of torn spindles at time t and the mean and variance. b) What is t
- Frequencies 81136
In grouped data classes such as 10-15, 16-20, 21-25, 26-30 with the respective frequencies of each class as 3, 5, 4, 3, then the range (range of variation) is: a. 15 b. 6 c. 20 d. 5
- The number 7
The number of faulty units in a carton of a particular product is known to be normally distributed with a Mean of 10 and a variance of 25. What portion of a given carton of the product is expected to contain___ faulty units? (I) less than 8 (ii) more than
- Statistical 81497
Determine the median, mode, arithmetic mean, variance, standard deviation, range of variation, and coefficient of variation of the character x in the statistical file: 2x 9, 7x 10, 9x 11, 11x 15, 15x 17, 16x 19, 13x 21, 10x 25, 9x 29, 4x 32
- Probability 30311
There are 200 components in the production batch, of which 26 have a plus deviation from the nominal value. Calculate the probability that none of the 10 products selected will have a positive variance if we make selections without repetition
- US GDP
Consider the following dataset, which contains the domestic US gross in millions of the top-grossing movies over the last five years. 300,452,513,550,780 I. Find the Mean of the Dataset II. Find the Squared deviation of the second observation from the mea
- Population variance
In a California community college, 60% of students will transfer to a college in the CSU system. The number of students in a sample who will transfer follows a binomial distribution. If eight students are randomly selected, find the population variance σ²
- Ball bearings
One bearing is selected from the shipment of ball bearings. It is known from previous deliveries that the inner bearing radius can be considered a normal N distribution (µ = 0.400, σ2 = 25.10^−6). Calculate the probability that the selected radius will ex
- Marketing
Year; money spent on advertising; profit 2008 2 12 2009 5 20 2010 7 25 2011 11 26 2012 15 40 1. draw a scatter diagram depicting the data. 2. calculate the Pearson's correlation coefficient. 3. determine the linear regression equation.
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