Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781133956570
Author: Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4.3, Problem 1LCA
Find the sum of the squared deviations, SS, for each of the following populations. Note that the definitional formula works well for one population but the computational formula is better for the other.
| Population 1: | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Population 2: | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
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