5. On this assignment, round all answers (when necessary) to exactly three decimal places. The numbers of construction workers for various projects are 32 20 25 52 16 21 28 35 23 41 46 17 23 27 11 60 The standard deviation of this data is

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5. On this assignment, round all answers (when necessary) to exactly three decimal places.
The numbers of construction workers for various projects are 32 20 25 52 16 21 28 35 23 41 46 17 23 27 11 60

The standard deviation of this data is

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x dx=x-A=x-30 dx2
32 2 4
20 -10 100
25 -5 25
52 22 484
16 -14 196
21 -9 81
28 -2 4
35 5 25
23 -7 49
41 11 121
46 16 256
17 -13 169
23 -7 49
27 -3 9
11 -19 361
60 30 900
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x=477 (dx)=-3 (dx)2=2833



Mean ˉx=x/n

=477/16

=29.8125

ˉx=29.8125 is not an integer, use assumed mean method

A=30

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