4meonly wrote:OA D
standard deviation will not change if you add/subtract same number to list.
s-2,r-2, t-2
0 =s-s , r-s, t-s
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Just to clarify, Standard deviation is a measure of dispersion of points around a certain mean and that is why subtracting the same number from all values only shifts the mean but dispersion remains the same and so the standard deviation does not change.
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x2suresh,
Can you please tell me, in your solution, how come
0 =s-s , r-s, t-s
is considered as
0,s-t,s-r ???
because for making then equal we need to multiply by -1, which will chnage SD.
Please someone help me in this concept.
Can you please tell me, in your solution, how come
0 =s-s , r-s, t-s
is considered as
0,s-t,s-r ???
because for making then equal we need to multiply by -1, which will chnage SD.
Please someone help me in this concept.
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welcome wrote:x2suresh,
Can you please tell me, in your solution, how come
0 =s-s , r-s, t-s
is considered as
0,s-t,s-r ???
because for making then equal we need to multiply by -1, which will chnage SD.
Please someone help me in this concept.
it won't make any difference.
distance between r and s = distance between s and t
Its like you are moving all dispersion points values from poistive teritory into negative terriotory, but S.D will be the same.