Subject
Quantitative Aptitude
Topic
Miscellaneous
A researcher computed the mean, median and standard deviation for a set of performance score. If 5 were to be added to each score, which of these three statistics would change?
A researcher computed the mean, median and standard deviation for a set of performance score. If 5 were to be added to each score, which of these three statistics would change?
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The standard deviation onlyঘ)
The mean and median onlyExplanation
First of all, we should understand what each term means. Then the answer would be very straight-forward. Mean: The average of all values. Median: The value in the center. Standard deviation: Variance is the square root of variance. Variance is the average of the square of the difference between each value and the mean. Since you add 5 to each value, definitely the average would be n1+5 + n2+5 + n3+5 +... / n .. where n is the number of values. new mean = (n1+n2+n3+... + 5n) / n = (n1+n2+ .. ) / n + 5 = old mean + 5 Thus the mean changes by 5. The median is either the middle value in the set (if the number of valueRelated questions
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