Find the variance of the sample 3, 5, 7.

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.3: Measures Of Spread
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- Find the variance of the sample 3, 5, 7.

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Step 1

The sample is, 

3,5,7

First compute the sample mean.

The sample mean is,

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Step 2

The sample variance is computed below.

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