JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Measures of dispersion

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    In an experiment with 15 observations on x, the following results were available \[\sum {{x}^{2}}=2830\], \[\sum x=170\]. On observation that was 20 was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value 30. Then the corrected variance is       [AIEEE 2003]

    A)                 78.00      

    B)                 188.66

    C)                 177.33    

    D)                 8.33

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                       \[\sum x=170\], \[\sum {{x}^{2}}=2830\]       Increase in \[\sum x=10\], then \[\sum {x}'=170+10=180\]       Increase in \[\sum {{x}^{2}}=900-400=500\], then       \[\sum {{{x}'}^{2}}=2830+500=3330\]       \ Variance \[=\frac{1}{n}\sum {{{x}'}^{2}}-{{\left( \frac{\sum {x}'}{n} \right)}^{2}}\]                                 \[=\frac{3330}{15}-{{\left( \frac{180}{15} \right)}^{2}}=222-144=78\].


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