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Understanding Standard Deviations: A Learning Activity Using Microsoft Excel
In this activity, students will use Microsoft Excel to breakdown the formula for calculating the standard deviation of a data set by calculating the formula in a step-by-step manner. Students will also calculate the standard deviation using the built-in function in Excel. After all of the formulae are entered into the spreadsheet, some of the data values will be changed, and students will observe the resultant affect on the calculated standard...
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- Material Type:
- Drill and Practice
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- January 2, 2023
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- March 9, 2023
- Author:
- Maryann Allen , Colby-Sawyer College
- Submitter:
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Cathy Swift
- Primary Audience:
- College General Ed, College Lower Division
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- Website
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- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
