Consider the data set representing a teacher's students' grades on the final exam:
[tex]\[62, 77, 78, 80, 82, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 95\][/tex]

Which formula corresponds to each of the following statistical measures?

A. Sample variance:
[tex]\[ s^2 = \frac{(x_1 - \bar{x})^2 + (x_2 - \bar{x})^2 + \ldots + (x_n - \bar{x})^2}{n - 1} \][/tex]

B. Sample standard deviation:
[tex]\[ s = \sqrt{\frac{(x_1 - \bar{x})^2 + (x_2 - \bar{x})^2 + \ldots + (x_n - \bar{x})^2}{n - 1}} \][/tex]

C. Population variance:
[tex]\[ \sigma^2 = \frac{(x_1 - \mu)^2 + (x_2 - \mu)^2 + \ldots + (x_N - \mu)^2}{N} \][/tex]

D. Population standard deviation:
[tex]\[ \sigma = \sqrt{\frac{(x_1 - \mu)^2 + (x_2 - \mu)^2 + \ldots + (x_N - \mu)^2}{N}} \][/tex]



Answer :

Let's analyze the formulas and apply the given data to find the necessary statistical measures.

Given data: [tex]\( 62, 77, 78, 80, 82, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 95 \)[/tex]

1. Number of observations (n):
The total number of grades is [tex]\( n = 12 \)[/tex].

2. Mean (average) of the grades:

The mean [tex]\(\bar{x}\)[/tex] is calculated as:
[tex]\[ \bar{x} = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i}{n} \][/tex]
Adding up the grades:
[tex]\[ 62 + 77 + 78 + 80 + 82 + 82 + 83 + 84 + 85 + 87 + 89 + 95 = 984 \][/tex]
So,
[tex]\[ \bar{x} = \frac{984}{12} = 82.0 \][/tex]

3. Sample variance (s²):

The sample variance formula is:
[tex]\[ s^2 = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} (x_i - \bar{x})^2}{n-1} \][/tex]
Plugging in the values results:
[tex]\[ s^2 = 63.81818181818182 \][/tex]

4. Sample standard deviation (s):

The sample standard deviation is the square root of the sample variance:
[tex]\[ s = \sqrt{s^2} = \sqrt{63.81818181818182} = 7.988628281387351 \][/tex]

5. Population variance ([tex]\(\sigma²\)[/tex]):

The population variance formula is:
[tex]\[ \sigma^2 = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{n} (x_i - \mu)^2}{N} \][/tex]
Here, [tex]\(N\)[/tex] is the population size, which in this context is the same as [tex]\(n\)[/tex].
[tex]\[ \sigma^2 = 58.5 \][/tex]

6. Population standard deviation ([tex]\(\sigma\)[/tex]):

The population standard deviation is the square root of the population variance:
[tex]\[ \sigma = \sqrt{\sigma^2} = \sqrt{58.5} = 7.648529270389178 \][/tex]

Summarized results:
- Mean grade ([tex]\(\bar{x}\)[/tex]): [tex]\(82.0\)[/tex]
- Sample variance ([tex]\(s^2\)[/tex]): [tex]\(63.81818181818182\)[/tex]
- Sample standard deviation ([tex]\(s\)[/tex]): [tex]\(7.988628281387351\)[/tex]
- Population variance ([tex]\(\sigma^2\)[/tex]): [tex]\(58.5\)[/tex]
- Population standard deviation ([tex]\(\sigma\)[/tex]): [tex]\(7.648529270389178\)[/tex]

Hence, these are the statistical measures for the given set of data.