If the observations x1, x2,........ xn are changed to x1 + a, x2 + a, x3 + a, xn+ a, where a is a negative or positive number, show that the variance remains unchanged.
Given that is the mean and
is the variance of n observations
Prove that the mean and variance of observations
are
respectively,
Let the observations be and the incorrect entries be
Incorrect mean, (given)
Correct mean,
Also, Incorrect S.D. =
∴ Correct S.D. =