Six students from a statistics class reported the number of hours of television they watch per week. Here are their data: 8, 10, 5, 14, 3, 6. What is the standard deviation of the number of hours of television watched per week for this sample of six students?

Answer :

Answer:

3.93

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x is the number of hours of television watched per week by six students.

X 8 10 5 14 3 6

Standard deviation for sample data is

[tex]Standard deviation=S=\sqrt\frac{{sum(x-xbar)^2} }{n-1}[/tex]

[tex]xbar=\frac{sum(x)}{n}[/tex]

[tex]xbar=\frac{8+10+5+14+3+6}{6}[/tex]

[tex]xbar=\frac{46}{6}[/tex]

xbar=7.67

[tex]sum(x-xbar)^2=(8-7.67)^2+(10-7.67)^2+(5-7.67)^2+(14-7.67)^2+(3-7.67)^2+(6-7.67)^2[/tex][tex]sum(x-xbar)^2=0.11+5.44+7.11+40.11+21.78+2.78=77.33[/tex]

[tex]Standard deviation=S=\sqrt\frac{{(77.33)} }{5}[/tex]

[tex]S=\sqrt15.466[/tex]

S=3.93