Name:________________________________Date:______________________________Period:____________ AP Statistics Worksheet Complete the following problems on a separate sheet of paper.

You DO NOT need to copy the problem. Attach your solutions to this sheet and be ready to turn in on Friday. An example of finding the standard deviation is displayed on the back of this sheet. Find the range and standard deviation of the data set. 1) 22, 18, 19, 25, 27, 21, 24 2) 38, 46, 37, 42, 39, 40, 48, 42 3) 8.4, 7.7, 8.6, 7.5, 8.9, 7.8, 8.6, 9.1, 8.0 4) 1.25, 3.69, 5.67, 4.89, 0.12, 4.35, 2.78 5) 515, 720, 635, 895, 585, 690, 770, 840 6) 116, 105, 117, 124, 107, 112, 117, 125, 110, 113 Find the mean, median, mode, range, and standard deviation of the data set. 7) The data set below gives the prices (in dollars) of cordless phones at an electronics store. 35, 50, 60, 60, 75, 65, 80 8) The data set below gives the numbers of home runs for the 10 batters who hit the most home runs during the 2005 Major League Baseball regular season. 51, 48, 47, 46, 45, 43, 41, 40, 40, 39 9) The data set below gives the waiting times (in minutes) of several people at a department of motor vehicles service center. 11, 7, 14, 2, 8, 13, 3, 6, 10, 3, 8, 4, 8, 4, 7 10) The data set below gives the calories in a 1-ounce serving of several breakfast cereals. 135, 115, 120, 110, 110, 100, 105, 110, 125

This is a simple example of how to calculate variance and population standard deviation. First, let's review how to calculate the population standard deviation: 1. Calculate the mean (simple average of the numbers). 2. For each number: subtract the mean. Square the result. 3. Calculate the mean of those squared differences. This is the variance. 4. Take the square root of that to obtain the population standard deviation. Example Problem: You grow 20 crystals from a solution and measure the length of each crystal in millimeters. Here is your data: 9, 2, 5, 4, 12, 7, 8, 11, 9, 3, 7, 4, 12, 5, 4, 10, 9, 6, 9, 4. Calculate the population standard deviation of the length of the crystals. Calculate the mean of the data. Add up all the numbers and divide by the total number of data points. (9+2+5+4+12+7+8+11+9+3+7+4+12+5+4+10+9+6+9+4) / 20 = 140/20 = 7 2. Subtract the mean from each data point (or the other way around, if you prefer... you will be squaring this number, so it does not matter if it is positive or negative). (9 - 7)2 = (2)2 = 4 (2 - 7)2 = (-5)2 = 25 (5 - 7)2 = (-2)2 = 4 (4 - 7)2 = (-3)2 = 9 (12 - 7)2 = (5)2 = 25 (7 - 7)2 = (0)2 = 0 (8 - 7)2 = (1)2 = 1 (11 - 7)2 = (4)22 = 16 (9 - 7)2 = (2)2 = 4 (3 - 7)2 = (-4)22 = 16 (7 - 7)2 = (0)2 = 0 (4 - 7)2 = (-3)2 = 9 (12 - 7)2 = (5)2 = 25 (5 - 7)2 = (-2)2 = 4 (4 - 7)2 = (-3)2 = 9 (10 - 7)2 = (3)2 = 9 (9 - 7)2 = (2)2 = 4 (6 - 7)2 = (-1)2 = 1 (9 - 7)2 = (2)2 = 4 (4 - 7)2 = (-3)22 = 9 3. Calculate the mean of the squared differences. (4+25+4+9+25+0+1+16+4+16+0+9+25+4+9+9+4+1+4+9) / 20 = 178/20 = 8.9 This value is the variance. The variance is 8.9 4. The population standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Use a calculator to obtain this number. (8.9)1/2 = 2.983 The population standard deviation is 2.983

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