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Values 2, 4, 6 occur with frequencies 1, 2, 1. The variance of this distribution is
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Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 2
Mean is 4; weighted squared deviations are 4, 0, 0, 4 over N = 4 observations, giving 2.
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