JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Measures of dispersion

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    The variance of the first n natural numbers is      [AMU 1994; SCRA 2001]

    A)                 \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}\]      

    B)                 \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{6}\]        

    C)                 \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}+1}{6}\]        

    D)                 \[\frac{{{n}^{2}}+1}{12}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       Variance \[={{(\text{S}\text{.D}\text{.})}^{2}}\]\[=\frac{1}{n}\Sigma {{x}^{2}}-{{\left( \frac{\Sigma x}{n} \right)}^{2}}\],  \[\left( \because \ \ \bar{x}=\frac{\Sigma x}{n} \right)\]                                \[=\frac{n(n+1)\ (2n+1)}{6n}-{{\left( \frac{n(n+1)}{2n} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{{{n}^{2}}-1}{12}\].


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