Calculate the standard deviation for the following sample: 8, 7, and 9.
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CUET-PG 2025 Question 42: Descriptive statistics and dispersion
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Calculate the standard deviation for the following sample: 8, 7, and 9. (A) √2 (B) √2.15 (C) √1 (D) √1.5
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This question is on Measures of dispersion, part of Descriptive statistics and dispersion in Statistics.
How spread out data are: range, variance, standard deviation and relative measures.
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