Asked by
Karen Bustos
on Nov 21, 2024
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During a cold winter, the temperature stayed below zero for ten days (ranging from -20 to -5) .The variance of the temperatures of the ten-day period
A) is negative since all the numbers are negative.
B) must be at least zero.
C) cannot be computed since all the numbers are negative.
D) can be either negative or positive.
Variance
The statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set, indicating how much each number differs from the mean of the data set.
Negative
A value less than zero or a direction opposite to the expected or common.
- Gain an understanding of variance calculation, including its attributes and how it correlates with standard deviation.
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KK
Learning Objectives
- Gain an understanding of variance calculation, including its attributes and how it correlates with standard deviation.