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Hog95 Hog95
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9 years ago
A social psychologist gave a survey to 8 active members of a small political action group about how many hours they put into the group's activities each week. The results were as follows: 19, 24, 30, 33, 40, 41, 41, and 44.
a.   Compute the mean, variance, and standard deviation.
b.   Explain what you have done and what the results mean to a person who has never had a course in statistics. 
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9 years ago
A)   M = 272/8 = 34; SS = 225 + 100 + 16 + 1 + 36 + 49 + 49 + 100 = 576; SD2 = 72; SD = 8.49.
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9 years ago
Thank you so much for the reply. Your answer makes a lot of sense.
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