Question

The following distribution consists of 19 values The mean of the distribution is 34 and the standard deviation is 10

19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 33, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 48, 48, 50

Which of the following actions will increase the standard deviation by the greatest amount?

A.Add the value 0 to the distribution for a total of 20 observation
B. Add the values 33 and 35 to the distribution for a total of 21 observation
C. Add the values 44, 44 and 44, to the distribution for a total of 22 observations
D. Add the values 24 and 44 to the distribution for a total of

Answer 1

E. Add the value 24 to the distribution for a total of 20 observations

Answer 2

e is part of the list of answers?

Answer 3

@domu @jdoe0001

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

whats the last part of d?

Answer 6

Explain in words what the standard deviation represents, write here for others to see. This might help

Answer 7

D. Add the values 24 and 44 to the distribution for a total of 21 observations.

Answer 8

who me or @summertimesadness ?

Answer 9

@summertimesadness

Answer 10

The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are @domu

Answer 11

now with that being said how much spread out are the numbers? @summertimesadness

Answer 12

Also, if we added more numbers to the middle of the data set, would the numbers be more or less spread?

Answer 13

please see the distribution of numbers @papsmurf

Answer 14

@domu

Answer 15

since "The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are"; what option affects the spread the most?

Answer 16

this is what i was give, no other information is given then what is already there.

Answer 17

you also have your own intelligence ..... we are asking you to think about the problem as opposed to just handing you an answer

Answer 18

well said @amistre64

Answer 19

Thank you, I calculated my solution

Answer 20

so, which one did you opt for?

Answer 21

which one did you choose

Answer 22

A.

Answer 23

ok