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Standard Deviation<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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1.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Standard Deviation & Statistics – Worksheets<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to the SQA and authors for making the excellent resources below freely available. Please use the below for revision prior to assessments, tests and the final exam. Clear, easy to follow, step-by-step worked solutions to the Essential Skills worksheet and N5 Maths exam questions below are available in the\u00a0Online Study Pack.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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<\/td>Essential Skills 12<\/td>Standard Deviation<\/a><\/td>Without Answers<\/a><\/td>Answers Only<\/a><\/td>Courtesy of Mr G Rennie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Essential Skills 33<\/td>Quartiles & Interquartile Range<\/a><\/td>Without Answers<\/a><\/td>Answers Only<\/a><\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023 Included!<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 1<\/td>Statistics 1<\/a><\/td>Without Answers<\/a><\/td>Recommended<\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 2<\/td>Statistics 2<\/a><\/td>Without Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 3<\/td>Statistics - Older N5 Exam Questions<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 4<\/td>Comparing Data Sets - Mixed Questions<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers on Worksheet<\/td>Courtesy of Maths.scot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 5<\/td>Median and IQR (SIQR is pre 2022)<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers on Worksheet<\/td>Courtesy of Maths.scot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 6<\/td>Mean and Standard Deviation<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers on Worksheet<\/td>Courtesy of Maths.scot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>N5 Exam Worksheet 7<\/td>Line of Best Fit<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers on Worksheet<\/td>Courtesy of Maths.scot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Credit Exam Worksheet 1<\/td>Standard Deviation<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Credit Exam Worksheet 2<\/td>Statistics - Mixture including SD<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td>Courtesy of the SQA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>GCSE Exam Worksheet 1<\/td>Probability<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>GCSE Exam Worksheet 2<\/td>Stem & Leaf Diagrams<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>GCSE Exam Worksheet 3<\/td>Pictograms<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>GCSE Exam Worksheet 4<\/td>Pie Charts<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>GCSE Exam Worksheet 5<\/td>Histograms<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 1 <\/td>Comparing Data Sets<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers<\/a><\/td>Courtesy of Maths.scot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 2<\/td>Standard Deviation (Selected SQA Questions)<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers on Worksheet<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 3<\/td>Standard Deviation - Exam Type<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 4<\/td>Box Plots, Medians & Quartiles<\/a>, With Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 5<\/td>Mean, Interquartile Range & SIQR<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 6<\/td>Pie Charts Intro (PowerPoint)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 7<\/td>Pie Charts Intro Worksheet<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 8<\/td>Pie Chart Sketching (protractor not required)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 9<\/td>Pie Chart Sketching (protractor required)<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 10<\/td>Pie Charts - Code Breaker<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 11<\/td>Statistics - Mixture including Standard Deviation<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 12<\/td>Dot Plots<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 13<\/td>Bar & Pie Charts<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 14<\/td>Stem & Leaf Diagrams Worksheet 1<\/a>, 2<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 15<\/td>Probability<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Worksheet 16<\/td>Probability - Code Breaker<\/a><\/td><\/td>Answers<\/a><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>PowerPoint<\/td>Interpreting Pie Charts<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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\n2. <\/strong><\/span>About Standard Deviation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To learn about Standard Deviation<\/span> please click on the Standard Deviation<\/a> theory link. Please also find in Sections 2 & 3 below videos<\/a>, PowerPoints, mind maps<\/a> and worksheets on this topic to help your understanding. The Essential Skills 12 worksheet, along with actual SQA Exam Questions<\/a>, are highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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Standard Deviation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please try to remember that you are given a\u00a0Formula Sheet<\/a>\u00a0in the N5 Maths exam where you are given two formulas for Standard Deviation.<\/p>\n

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A Standard Deviation SQA N5 Maths exam question is shown below:<\/p>\n

The standard deviation of 1, 2, 2, 2, 8 is equal to \u221aa. Find the value of a<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: 2015 N5 Maths, P1, Q5<\/p>\n

Standard Deviation:<\/p>\n