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Computing The Variance of A Discrete Probability Distribution
Computing The Variance of A Discrete Probability Distribution
A DISCRETE PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION
STEPS IN FINDING THE VARIANCE
and STANDARD DEVIATION
1. Find the mean of the probability distribution.
2. Subtract the mean from each value of the
random variable X.
3. Square the results obtained in Step 2.
4. Multiply the results obtained in Step 3 by the
corresponding probability.
5. Get the sum of the results obtained in Step 4.
6. Get the square root of the variance to get the
standard deviation.
Formula for the Variance and Standard Deviation of a Discrete
Probability Distribution
0 1/10
1 2/10
2 3/10
3 2/10
4 2/10
•Step 1
𝜎 = 1.56 = 1.25