Standarad deviation How do I calculate standard deviation on this calculator. Which buttons do I use?

Hi there,

My name is adieh. Hav a great day.

Here are the tips on how to calculate standard deviation using a graphic calculator:

1. Turn on your graphing calculator, go to the stats/editor screen and enter your data set into list1. Once this is done, return to your home page by hitting the home button.

2. Push the catalog button and scroll through the applications until you find "stdDev(". Place the arrow next to it and press enter.

3.Type the word "list1" into the open parenthesis. After you have put that in, close the parenthesis so you calculator doesn't show an error message.

4. Press the enter button. The calculator has done the calculations and you now have the standard deviation of your data set.

Note:
Using 1-var stats in the stats/editor screen will also give you the standard deviation. Using that function will also give you other information associated with your data set.

Hope it helps.

Thank you for using fixya.

The square root button is two up from the 9 key, just to the left of the divide key. To calculate the square root of 2, for example, press 2 square-root =

There isn't one. Press the "STAT VAR" button to bring up the statistics menu. "Sx" and "Sy" will give you the sample standard deviations, while "sigma x" and "sigma y" will give you the population standard deviations.

When I say "sigma" I mean the lower case Greek letter sigma, which looks like a lower-case "o" with a tail pointing to the right.

Click on the Mode button twice until you see “SD”. Select 1. This puts the calculator in Statistics Mode. Enter the first number, 1.
Hit the M+. (n= 1 will appear in the window)
Enter the second number, 1.
Hit the M+ key. (n=2 will appear in the window)
. . . . .
Enter the last number, 7.
Hit the M+ key. (n=7 will appear in the window)
Hit shift, 2. (This invokes the S-Var option.)
Hit 1 for the sample mean. Hit Enter.
Hit 3 for the sample standard deviation that we will use in class. Hit Enter.

Yes. The sample standard deviation is 2nd [sigma x n-1] and the population standard deviation is 2nd [sigma x n].

Hello,
Of course there are formulas for those calculations. You find them in books on statistics. Do not worry, the calculator has been programmed to use them. All you have to do is learn how to get the calculator to give you the results.

If you still want to see the formulas with your very eyes, I suggest you go to the local library, ask a math teacher, an accountant, or launch a Google search for them.
Hope it helps.

I want to calculate a standard deviation on BA II plus

Texas Instruments TI-86 Statistics How-To Information The following instructions should allow you to calculate the mean and standard deviation using a TI-86 calculator.

1. Press STAT
2. Select EDIT
3. Enter data into a list: [2.32 ENTER 2.43 ENTER 2.39 ENTER, etc.] Continue until all data have been entered. (use arrows keys to go to the y value, if any)
   
4. EXIT until you reach the main ("blank") screen. (If you try to calculate while you're in the data menu, it thinks you're still trying to enter data!)
5. Press STAT
6. Select CALC
7. Select OneVa
8. Select LIST, NAMES, xStat(F2), Press ENTER
9. The calculator provides Max, Min, Mean, Standard Deviation, Sum, Sigma, etc. You will be primarily interested in the Mean and Standard Deviation (sx).

StdDev( {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10} )
with your list inside the curly braces.

This calc will do standard deviations. In the manual it is on page 2 and also on page 40.