A data set has standard deviation 6. Each value is multiplied by 2 and then 6 is added. What is the new standard deviation?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B.
- Step 1: Adding a constant does not change the spread; multiplying by 2 multiplies the standard deviation by 2.
- Step 2: .
Answer
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Why not the others: : Adding a constant does not change the spread. : The multiplication was left out. : The factor for the variance was used.
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