Calculate standard deviation

standard deviationstatistics

x(i) | freq.

8 | 11

10 | 9

12 | 13

14 | 24

16 | 16

18 | 10

20 | 15

The formula for standard deviation is $\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\Sigma|x-\bar{x}|^2}{n}}$. It would be easy with a graphing calculator, but I only have TI-30XA scientific calculator that can't do much. Can someone teach me a faster way to calculate the standard deviation by hand?

Best Answer

The standard deviation $S=\sqrt{V},$ where $$V=\dfrac{1}{N}\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^N(X_i-\bar{X})^2=\left(\dfrac{1}{N}\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^NX_i^2\right)-\bar{X}^2=\left(\frac{1}{\sum_{j=1}^kn_j}\displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^kn_jX_j^2\right)-\left(\frac{1}{\sum_{j=1}^kn_j}\displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^kn_jX_j\right)^2.$$ In your case,

$$V=\frac{11\times 8^2+9\times 10^2+\dots 15\times 20^2}{11+9+\dots+15}-\left(\frac{11\times 8+9\times 10+\dots 15\times 20}{11+9+\dots+15}\right)^2.$$