The following are the ages of 17 people at their 50-year college reunion. Find the standard deviation of the given data. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

69, 69, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 72, 72, 72, 72, 73, 73, 76, 79

Question

The following are the ages of 17 people at their 50-year college reunion. Find the standard deviation of the given data. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

69, 69, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 71, 72, 72, 72, 72, 73, 73, 76, 79

anonymous · Answer

2.39792

just use an std calc

anonymous · Answer

so 2.4 rounded to the nearest tenth? std calc? whats that

anonymous · Answer

std is standard deviation :)

anonymous · Answer

where do you find a std calc then?

anonymous · Answer

http://easycalculation.com/statistics/standard-deviation.php Or if you want i can show you how to do it.

anonymous · Answer

can you show me how? :) pretty please

anonymous · Answer

sure

anonymous · Answer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation#Basic_examples Wiki does a good job :)

anonymous · Answer

Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

let me know if that helped lol or i'll give you another example

anonymous · Answer

It does, thanks a lot:)