Thread: Standard deviation

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    Standard deviation

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    //Here is what I got so far
    #include <iostream>
    using namespace std;
    
    int main ()
    {
      int n, median;
      double standarddeviation;
      int num [31]={12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 34, 57, 32, 38, 213, 10, 14, 156, 172, 134, 143, 132, 139, 751, 30, 31, 81, 23, 41, 24, 51, 75, 91, 1234};
      int sum= 0;
      for (n=0; n<31; n++)
      sum = sum+num [n];
      double average=sum/31.0;
      standarddeviation=(num[n]-average)*(num[n]-average);//I want to multiply every number by itself, subtract from the mean and son on but I can't seem to get it
      cout<< sum<<endl;
      cout<<average<<endl;
      cout<<standarddeviation;
      return 0;
      
    }

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    does this make your problem clearer?

    Code:
      for (n=0; n<31; n++)
      {
      sum = sum+num [n];
      } 
      double average=sum/31.0;
      standarddeviation=(num[n]-average)*(num[n]-average);//I want to multiply every number by itself, subtract from the mean and son on but I can't seem to get it

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    Look at the standard deviation formula again. In no way does it involve an average as part of the calculation.
    You also need to calculate the sum of the squares of the input data as well as just the sum of the input data.
    Last of all, you will need the square root function.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iMalc
    Look at the standard deviation formula again. In no way does it involve an average as part of the calculation.
    But it does, specifically, the mean.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bjarne Stroustrup (2000-10-14)
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    Quote Originally Posted by laserlight View Post
    But it does, specifically, the mean.
    Well it's squared, that's what I meant.
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