Can you find the standard deviation of negative numbers?

Turnseeuw

Turnseeuw

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2022-01-27

Can you find the standard deviation of negative numbers?

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primenamaqm

primenamaqm

Beginner2022-01-28Added 12 answers

Explanation:
Consider the data sets {-1, -2, -3, -4, -5}. Note that all are negative numbers.
So, variance of the data set will be 1ni=1nxi2(1ni=1nxi)2
=15[(1)2+(2)2+(3)2+(4)2+(5)2]
(15[12345])2
=11-9
=6
ocretz56

ocretz56

Beginner2022-01-29Added 16 answers

If you are not approximately equal to at least two figures in your data set, the standard deviation must be higher than 0 – positive. Standard deviation cannot be negative in any conditions.

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