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the other parts can be done in the same way.</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>For {exam1} we have the mean is:</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>\\[\\simplify[]{({r0[0]} + {r0[1]} + {r0[2]} + {r0[3]} + {r0[4]} + {r0[5]} + {r0[6]} + {r0[7]} + {r0[8]} + {r0[9]}) / {n} = {mean1}}\\]</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>The sample variance is given by the formula:</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>\\[\\textrm{Sample Variance} = \\frac{1}{n-1}\\left(\\sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j^2 -n\\mu^2\\right)\\]</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>where the $x_j$ are the exam scores for {exam1}, $n=\\var{n}$ the number of students and $\\mu=\\var{mean1}$ the sample mean.</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>We find that<br/>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\\sum_{j=1}^{n}x_j^2 &#38;=&#38; \\simplify[]{({r0[0]}^2 + {r0[1]}^2 + {r0[2]}^2 + {r0[3]}^2 + {r0[4]}^2 + {r0[5]}^2 + {r0[6]}^2 + {r0[7]}^2 + {r0[8]}^2 + {r0[9]}^2)}\\\\ \n    \n    &#38;=&#38; \\var{ssq1}\\\\\n    \n    \\\\\n    \n    \\\\\n    \n    n\\mu^2 &#38;=&#38;\\var{n} \\times\\var{mean1}^2\\\\\n    \n    &#38;=&#38; \\var{n*mean1^2}\n    \n    \\end{eqnarray*}\n    \n    \\]<br/>Hence substituting these values into the formula we find that:</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>\\[\\begin{eqnarray*}\n    \n    \\textrm{Sample Variance} &#38;=&#38; \\frac{1}{\\var{n-1}}\\left(\\var{ssq1}-\\var{n*mean1^2}\\right)\\\\\n    \n    &#38;=&#38; \\var{var1}\n    \n    \\end{eqnarray*}\n    \n    \\] to 3 decimal places.</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>The Sample Standard Deviation is then the square root of the Sample Variance i.e.</p>\n    \n    \n    \n    <p>Sample Standard Deviation = $\\sqrt{\\var{var1}} = \\var{stdev1}$ to one decimal place.</p>\n    \n    ", "metadata": {"description": "<p>Two ordered data sets, each with 10 numbers. 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