Question

Directions: The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is a survey given to a large sample of senior college students every few years. Pretend the sample of students was limited to a small sample size of 19. Therefore, 19 senior students were asked the following question on the survey: How many 20-page papers have you been required to write in your college academic career? The number of such required papers for each of the 19 student appears below. Use the formula and examples in your text to guide you through this assignment.

X

0

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

4

4

5

5

10​

1. Calculate the standard deviation (7 pts)

2. Would you recommend the standard deviation as the best measure of variability for this group? Explain why? (3 pts.)

Answer 1