A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Author: Sheldon Ross
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a) If the standard deviation is 0, then the variance is .
b) The Empirical Rule states that approximately % of the data lies witin one standard deviations of the
mean .c) Chebychev's theorem states that there is at least % of the data lies within two standard deviations of the mean.
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