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In the data set below, what is the variance?\newline7,6,5,5,5,57, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5\newlineIf the answer is a decimal, round it to the nearest tenth.\newlinevariance (σ2)(\sigma^2): _____

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Q. In the data set below, what is the variance?\newline7,6,5,5,5,57, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5\newlineIf the answer is a decimal, round it to the nearest tenth.\newlinevariance (σ2)(\sigma^2): _____
  1. Subtract and Square: Now, subtract the mean from each data point and square the result.\newline(75.5)2=(1.5)2=2.25(7 - 5.5)^2 = (1.5)^2 = 2.25\newline(65.5)2=(0.5)2=0.25(6 - 5.5)^2 = (0.5)^2 = 0.25\newline(55.5)2=(0.5)2=0.25(5 - 5.5)^2 = (-0.5)^2 = 0.25\newline(55.5)2=(0.5)2=0.25(5 - 5.5)^2 = (-0.5)^2 = 0.25\newline(55.5)2=(0.5)2=0.25(5 - 5.5)^2 = (-0.5)^2 = 0.25\newline(55.5)2=(0.5)2=0.25(5 - 5.5)^2 = (-0.5)^2 = 0.25
  2. Add Squared Differences: Add up all the squared differences.\newlineSum of squared differences = 2.25+0.25+0.25+0.25+0.25+0.252.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25\newlineSum of squared differences = 3.53.5
  3. Calculate Variance: Divide the sum of squared differences by the number of data points to find the variance.\newlineVariance σ2\sigma^2 = Sum of squared differences / Number of data points\newlineVariance σ2\sigma^2 = 3.56\frac{3.5}{6}\newlineVariance σ2\sigma^2 = 00.583333583333...
  4. Round to Nearest Tenth: Round the variance to the nearest tenth.\newlineVariance σ2\sigma^2 0.6\approx 0.6

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