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In a series of \(2n\) observation, half of them are equal to \('a'\)  and remaining half observations are equal to \(' -a'\). If the standard deviation of this observations is \(2\) then \(\left| a \right|\) equals

  1. A \(2\)
  2. B \(\sqrt 2 \)
  3. C \(4\)
  4. D \(2\sqrt 2 \)
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(A) \(2\)

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Clerly mean \(A=0\) Now, standard deviation \(\sigma = \sqrt {\frac{{\sum {{{\left( {x - A} \right)}^2}} }}{{2n}}} \) \(2 = \sqrt {\frac{{{{\left( {a - 0} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {a - 0} \right)}^2} + ... + {{\left( {0 - a} \right)}^2} + ...}}{{2n}}} \)…
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