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Range, Coefficient of Variation and Higher Dispersion

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Two samples are given. Find each sample's A) standard deviation and B) Coefficient of variation. The decide C) which sample has the higher dispersion, and D) which sample has the higher relative dispersion.

A: 8,7,2,4,9
B: 11,7,8,11,3,11,7

It says do not round until the final answer. Then round to the nearest hundredth. on part A.

On part B it says round final answer to the nearest tenth as needed. Round all intermediate values to the nearest thousandth as needed.

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The solution gives detailed steps on finding the range and coefficient of variation for data set using the mean, variance and standard deviation and then deciding which sample has the higher dispersion.

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For sample A,
mean=(8+7+2+4+9)/5=6
variance=[(8-6)^2+(7-6)^2+(2-6)^2+(4-6)^2+(9-6)^2]/(5-1)=8.5
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