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The standard deviation of an grouped data (either discrete or continuous) can be calculated using one of the following methods:
  • Mean Method:
Let \(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, … , x_{n}\) be the given data for \(n\) observations.
 
And, \(\overline{x}\) is the mean of the \(n\) observations.
 
Let \(f_{i}\) be the frequency values of the corresponding data values \(x_{i}\) and \(d_{i} = x_{i} - \overline{x}\) (deviations from  mean).
 
Then, the formula to calculate the standard deviation by mean method is given by:
 
\(\sigma\) \(=\) \(\sqrt{\frac{\sum f_{i} d_{i}^{2}}{N}}\) where \(N = \sum_{i = 1}^{n} f_{i}\)
  • Assumed Mean Method:
If the mean of the given data is not an integer, then use the assumed mean method to find the standard deviation.
 
Let \(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, … , x_{n}\) be the given data and \(\overline{x}\) be its mean.
 
Let \(f_{i}\) be the frequency values of the corresponding data values \(x_{i}\).
 
Let \(d_{i}\) be the deviation of each observation \(x_{i}\) from the assumed mean \(A\) where \(A\) is the middle most value of the given data. That is, \(d_{i} = x_{i} - A\).
 
Then, the formula to calculate the standard deviation by assumed mean method is given by:
 
\(\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum f_{i} d_{i}^{2}}{N}- \left(\frac{\sum f_{i} d_{i}}{N}\right)^2}\) where \(N = \sum_{i = 1}^{n} f_{i}\).
  • Step Deviation Method:
Let \(x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, … , x_{n}\) be the middle values of the given class interval correspondingly and \(A\) is its assumed mean.
 
Let \(f_{i}\) be the frequency values of the corresponding middle values \(x_{i}\).
 
Let \(c\) be the width of the class interval.
 
Let \(d_{i} = \frac{x_{i} - A}{c}\).
 
Then, the formula to calculate the standard deviation by step deviation method is given by:
 
\(\sigma = c \times \sqrt{\frac{\sum f_{i} d_{i}^{2}}{N}- \left(\frac{\sum f_{i} d_{i}}{N}\right) ^2}\) where \(N = \sum_{i = 1}^{n} f_{i}\).