Six Students from a Psychology Class Reported the Number of Hours

question 78

Multiple Choice

Six students from a psychology class reported the number of hours of television they watch per week.Here are their data: 18, 12, 15, 14, 13, 16.The variance of the number of hours of television watched per week for this sample of six students is:

• A) 1.97.
• B) 3.89.
• C) 15.13.
• D) 23.33.

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