Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

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    nameuva-standard-deviation-304-en
    sectionDescriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Spread/Standard Deviation
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE
    TypeCalculation
    LanguageEnglish
    LevelStatistical Literacy
    IRT-Difficulty4.2
    p-value0.0851

    Question

    Ten observations have a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 8. If we multiply each of the observations by 2 and then add 5 to the result then add another 5, the standard deviation of the new numbers is equal to


    1. FALSE: 13
    2. TRUE: 16
    3. FALSE: 21
    4. FALSE: 65

    1. 13: Incorrect
    2. 16: Correct
    3. 21: Incorrect
    4. 65: Incorrect