Practice mode Measures Of Dispersion

How is the corrected variance (Sheppard’s correction) defined?

Correct answer B. Variance of data − h²/12

Explanation

Grouping inflates the variance, so Sheppard's correction subtracts h²/12, where h is the class width, from the variance of grouped data.

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