Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.44 - 2.47 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 50: 2.46b

Answer

$12$

Work Step by Step

$S=\displaystyle \sum(x-2)^{2}$ = sum of all the squares of differences. \begin{align*} S&=(5-2)^{2}+(1-2)^{2}+(3-2)^{2}+(2-2)^{2}+(1-2)^{2}\\ &=9+1+1+0+1\\ &=12\end{align*}
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