Someone is telling you how to calculate the SD of the list 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:

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Someone is telling you how to calculate the SD of the list 1, 2, 3, 4, 5:

The average is 3, so the deviations from average are

-2 -1 0 1 2 The 0 doesn't count, so the r.m.s. deviation is

$$

\sqrt{\frac{4+1+1+4}{4}} = 1.6

$$

And that's the SD.

Is this right? Answer yes or no, and explain briefly. p-968

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Statistics

ISBN: 9780393522105

4th Edition

Authors: David Freedman, Robert Pisani, Roger Purves

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