Exercise

Purpose of measures of variability

You calculate the standard deviation for a data sample containing daily average temperatures in the months of July and August. Which question does this answer?

Instructions

50 XP

Possible Answers

On which day was the highest average temperature measured?
Did you have a warmer summer than last year?
How stable were daily temperatures over the summer?
What was the average daily temperature this summer?

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