We have provided simple data sets for you to practice the basics of finding

(a) Population mean

(b) Population standard deviation

Data is1,9,8,4,3

Short Answer

Expert verified

(a) Population Mean(μ)=5

(b) Population Standard deviation(σ)= 3.033

Step by step solution

01

Part(a) Step 1: Given information 

We are given simple data set of1,9,8,4,3

We need to find population mean of given data

02

Part(a) Step 2: Simplify 

A population in statistics is a group of similar items or events that relate to a query or experiment.

Population Mean(μ)=xiN

xidenotes individual value

Ndenotes total population

μ=1+9+8+4+35μ=255=5

Hence, mean of given data is 5

03

Part (b) Step 1:Given Information

We are provided simple data having1,9,8,4,3

We need to find standard deviation of given population.

04

Part(b) Step 2: Simplify

We know standard deviation is square root of variance.

Formula of variance is

σ2=(x1-μ)2+...........+(xN-μ)2N

Where xidenotes ithvalue

μdenotes population mean

Ndenotes total population

Using above formula, Standard deviation is

σ=(1-5)2+(9-5)2+(8-5)2+(4-5)2+(3-5)25=42+42+32+12+225=3.033

Hence, population standard deviation of given data is3.033

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