The mean and standard deviation of 15 observations are found to be 8 and 3 respectively. On rechecking it was found that, in the observations, 20 was misread as 5 . Then, the correct variance is equal to ____ .
Answer: 17
Solution
Original variance: , so , giving .
Correcting the misread value: new .
New sum: .
New mean: .
New variance: .
Correcting the misread value: new .
New sum: .
New mean: .
New variance: .
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