Standard deviation worksheet for Algebra 2
Algebra 2 takes standard deviation toward the normal distribution, so the sets are longer, some come as frequency tables, and answers are rounded to the nearest hundredth. A calculator or a careful table of squared deviations handles the arithmetic.
Also taught in Statistics, Algebra 1 and Pre-Algebra, each at its own level and with its own examples.
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How to do these
Find the population standard deviation, to the nearest hundredth.
- There are 2 + 4 + 2 = 8 values with mean 16/8 = 2.
- Squared deviations times frequencies: 2(1) + 4(0) + 2(1) = 4.
- Variance 4/8 = 0.5, and √0.5 ≈ 0.71.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Dividing by the number of distinct values in a frequency table. The count is the sum of the frequencies, 8 here, not the 3 values across the top, and each squared deviation is multiplied by its frequency.
Also called measures of spread, sample standard deviation or population standard deviation.
What you can put on this worksheet
- Standard deviation
- Find the population standard deviation:
→ - After every value changes
- A data set has mean 37 and standard deviation 8. Each value is multiplied by 2. Find the new mean and standard deviation. → mean , SD
- From a frequency table
- Find the population standard deviation, to the nearest hundredth.
→ - Which set is more spread out
- Which set has the larger standard deviation? Set A: , , , , . Set B: , , , , → Set A
- From a dot plot or a stem plot
- Find the population standard deviation of the data in the dot plot, to the nearest hundredth. — a dot plot from 6 to 10 →