please help me quick with this statistics question on standard deviation?
bb
2009-04-13 20:00:30 UTC
If a set of data has 49 points and variance 36, then what is the standard deviation?
A) 4
B) 7
C) 6
D) 5
how did you get your answer if you get it. thanks for your help.
Three answers:
fsateacher
2009-04-13 20:08:26 UTC
variance is the square of the sd
so the sd is sqrt(36) = 6
choice C
2016-12-04 08:03:34 UTC
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Britter
2009-04-13 20:08:52 UTC
I would guess 6, because when you count up by sixes you can get 36. You can't with the others. Good luck
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