April 2015 Q1 - average s.d.

Discussion in 'CT3' started by Janboyd, Sep 10, 2017.

  1. Janboyd

    Janboyd Member

    Why doesn't the pooled variance formula work for calculating average sd for combined data?
     
  2. John Lee

    John Lee ActEd Tutor Staff Member

    Because the formula assumes that samples come from a distribution with the same variance.
     

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