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A student finds the standard deviation of the numbers 1, 3, 5. The mean is 3, the squared deviations are 4, 0, 4, their sum is 8, and she divides by 3 to get 8/3. She writes that the standard deviation is 8/3. Where is her mistake?
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A student finds the standard deviation of the numbers
1
,
3
,
5
1, 3, 5
1
,
3
,
5
. The mean is
3
3
3
, the squared deviations are
4
,
0
,
4
4, 0, 4
4
,
0
,
4
, their sum is
8
8
8
, and she divides by
3
3
3
to get
8
3
\dfrac{8}{3}
3
8
. She writes that the standard deviation is
8
3
\dfrac{8}{3}
3
8
. Where is her mistake?
She should not have squared the deviations
The mean of the numbers is not
3
3
3
She forgot to take the square root of the variance
She should have divided by
2
2
2
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