Finding the standard deviation by hand

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For each lettered part, a through c, examine the two given sets of numbers. Without doing any calculations, decide which set has the larger standard deviation and explain why. Then check by finding the standard deviation by hand.

Set 1

Set 2

a)      4,7,7,7,10

4,6,7,8,10

b)     100,140,150,160,200

10,50,60,70,110

c)      10,16,18,20,22,28

48,56,58,60,62,70

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