Statistics And Probability Question 414

Question: The S.D of 15 items is 6 and if each item is decreased or increased by 1, then standard deviation will be

[Pb. CET 1994,98]

Options:

A) 5

B) 7

C) 91/15

D) 6

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

If each item of a data is increased or decreased by the same constant, the standard deviation of the data remains unchanged.