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Consider a dataset of 40 items. Suppose the sum of the squared deviations from the mean is 10 and the total sum of all the items in the dataset is 80. Find the mean
x
ˉ
\bar{x}
and population standard deviation
σ
\sigma
of the dataset.
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Medium Difficulty
23 February 2025
A
x
ˉ
=
2
,
σ
=
0.25
\bar{x} = 2,\ \sigma = 0.25
B
x
ˉ
=
2
,
σ
=
0.5
\bar{x} = 2,\ \sigma = 0.5
C
x
ˉ
=
3200
,
σ
=
0.5
\bar{x} = 3200,\ \sigma = 0.5
D
x
ˉ
=
0.5
,
σ
=
0.25
\bar{x} = 0.5,\ \sigma = 0.25