JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Statistics Question Bank Mock Test - Statistics

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      In a series of 2n observation half of them equal a and remaining half equal \[-\,a\] if the standard deviation of the observations is 2, then \[\left| a \right|\] equals

    A) \[\frac{1}{n}\]              

    B) \[\sqrt{2}\]

    C) 2                     

    D) \[\frac{\sqrt{2}}{n}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] In the 2n observations, half of them equal to a and the remaining half equal to ? a. then the mean of total 2n observations is equal to zero. Therefore, \[S.D.=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma \,{{(x-x)}^{2}}}{N}}\] \[2=\sqrt{\frac{\Sigma {{x}^{2}}}{2n}}\] \[\Rightarrow 4=\frac{\Sigma {{x}^{2}}}{2n}\] \[\Rightarrow 4=\frac{2{{a}^{2}}}{2n}\] \[\Rightarrow {{a}^{2}}=4\] \[\Rightarrow \left| a \right|=2\]


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