Mean and standard deviation of $100$ observations were found to be $40$ and $10$,respectively. If at the time of calculation,two observations were wrongly taken as $30$ and $70$ in place of $3$ and $27$ respectively,find the correct standard deviation.

Vedclass pdf generator app on play store
Vedclass iOS app on app store
Given,$n=100, \bar{x}=40$ and $\sigma=10$.
$\Sigma x_{i} = n \times \bar{x} = 100 \times 40 = 4000$.
Corrected $\Sigma x_{i} = 4000 - 30 - 70 + 3 + 27 = 3930$.
Corrected mean $\bar{x}_{\text{new}} = \frac{3930}{100} = 39.3$.
We know $\sigma^{2} = \frac{\Sigma x_{i}^{2}}{n} - (\bar{x})^{2}$.
$100 = \frac{\Sigma x_{i}^{2}}{100} - (40)^{2} \Rightarrow \Sigma x_{i}^{2} = 100(100 + 1600) = 170000$.
Corrected $\Sigma x_{i}^{2} = 170000 - (30)^{2} - (70)^{2} + (3)^{2} + (27)^{2} = 170000 - 900 - 4900 + 9 + 729 = 164938$.
Corrected $\sigma_{\text{new}} = \sqrt{\frac{\Sigma x_{i}^{2}}{n} - (\bar{x}_{\text{new}})^{2}} = \sqrt{\frac{164938}{100} - (39.3)^{2}}$.
$= \sqrt{1649.38 - 1544.49} = \sqrt{104.89} \approx 10.24$.

Explore More

Similar Questions

One set containing five numbers has mean $8$ and variance $18$,and the second set containing $3$ numbers has mean $8$ and variance $24$. Then the variance of the combined set of numbers is

Marks obtained by all the students of class $12$ are presented in a frequency distribution with classes of equal width. Let the median of this grouped data be $14$ with median class interval $12-18$ and median class frequency $12$. If the number of students whose marks are less than $12$ is $18$,then the total number of students is

The mean and variance of $7$ observations are $8$ and $16$ respectively. If five of the observations are $2, 4, 10, 12, 14$,find the remaining two observations.

Difficult
View Solution

If the mean and standard deviation ($S$.$D$.) of the data $3, 5, 7, a, b$ are $5$ and $2$ respectively,then $a$ and $b$ are the roots of the equation:

The median of $100$ observations grouped in classes of equal width is $25$. If the median class interval is $20-30$ and the number of observations less than $20$ is $45$,then the frequency of the median class is:

Vedclass Products

For Students

Vedclass Test Series

Mock tests in real JEE/NEET style with performance analysis. 5-day free trial.

Start Free Trial
For Teachers

Exam Paper Generator

Generate Set A/B/C/D exam papers from 7.5L+ questions in 2 minutes. 3 chapters free.

Try Free
For Institutes

Online Exam Module

Live online exams with unlimited students, 360° analytics & white-label branding.

See Demo