alleryStart learning →Every value in a data set is increased by 5. What happens to the standard deviation?
AIt becomes 5 times larger
BIt increases by 5
CIt increases by 25
DIt stays unchanged
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It stays unchanged
Adding a constant shifts every value and the mean equally, so the spread about the mean is unchanged.
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