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作者: lemonees    时间: 2005-9-1 06:44     标题: gwd-2-gmat-3


Q3:

Is the standard deviation of the salaries of Company Y’s employees greater than the standard deviation of the salaries of Company Z’s employees?

(1) The average (arithmetic mean) salary of Company Y’s employees is greater than the average salary of Company Z’s employees.

(2) The median salary of Company Y’s employees is greater than the median salary of Company Z’s employees.

A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

The right answer is E? Which factors we need to think about regarding the question of standard deviation?

Is it only related to the average number, the greatest number and the smallest number?

Thanks a lot!


作者: himba    时间: 2005-9-2 06:08

标准方差表示一个集合中每个样本相对于样本平均值的偏离程度,举个例子来说吧,,

某个数列有5个数,分别是5,6,10,14,15,可以算出这个集合的平均数和中数都是10,

另外一个数列集合也有5个数,分别是9,9,10,11,11,同样,这个集合的平均数和中数也是10,

可以看出,第一个数列中样本数值的离散程度要比第二个数列高(就是第一个数列中每个代表的水平高低很不平均,而第二个数列中每位代表的水平就相对比较平均)。如果我们描述这两个集合的时候,只给领导汇报两个数列的平均数和中数的话(全是10),就会抹煞它们的内部代表的重大差别。因此,引入方差,可以较好的表示第二个数列的样本数值更集中(或者大家水平更平均一些,更接近吧,等等)。

从以上原因,可以看出本题目中的两个条件都不能使得我们对两个集合中样本数值偏离平均数值的情况有个基本的概念,因此应该选e阿.


作者: lemonees    时间: 2005-9-2 20:05

版主的解释得很清楚呢。。。非常感谢了!!!




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