Which has more standard deviation? Set 1 : {10, 20, 30, 40, 50} or Set 2 : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
A
Set 1
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Set 2
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C
Equal
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Solution
The correct option is A Set 1 Valuesofset1is10timesthatofset2.So,Meanofset1=10timesmeanofset2.Letxiand¯xdenotetheelementsandmeanofset1respectively.Andyiand¯ydenotetheelementsandmeanofset2respectively.SDofset1=
⎷N∑i=1(xi−¯x)2N=
⎷N102∑i=1(yi−¯y)2N=10
⎷N∑i=1(yi−¯y)2N=10×SDofset2HenceSDofset1ismore.