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The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 2 , respectively. On rechecking, it was found that an observation by mistake was taken 8 instead of 12. The correct standard deviation is

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Option B. To find the correct standard deviation, we first need to adjust the mean and sum of squares of the observations based on the correction of the erroneous entry. The original erroneous observation was 8, and the correct observation is 12. The mean and standard deviation of the 20 observations before correction were 10 and 2, respectively.

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