// Exa 1.30 clc; clear; // Given // Various Inductance Measurements L1 = 1.003; // First reading in mH L2 = 0.998; // second reading in mH L3 = 1.001; // third reading in mH L4 = 0.991; // fourth reading in mH L5 = 1.009; // Fifth reading in mH L6 = 0.996; // sixth reading in mH L7 = 1.005; // seventh reading in mH L8 = 0.997; // eight reading in mH L9 = 1.008; // nineth reading in mH L10 = 0.994; // tenth reading in mH n = 10; // total no of readings // Solution AM = (L1+L2+L3+L4+L5+L6+L7+L8+L9+L10)/n; printf('The arithmatic mean = %.4f mH \n',AM); // Deviation for each reading will be - d1 = L1 - AM; // deviation for 1st reading d2 = L2 - AM; // deviation for 2nd reading d3 = L3 - AM; // deviation for 3rd reading d4 = L4 - AM; // deviation for 4th reading d5 = L5 - AM; // deviation for 5th reading d6 = L6 - AM; // deviation for 6th reading d7 = L7 - AM; // deviation for 7th reading d8 = L8 - AM; // deviation for 8th reading d9 = L9 - AM; // deviation for 9th reading d10 = L10 - AM; // deviation for 10th reading Avg_deviation = (d1+d2+d3+d4+d5+d6+d7+d8+d9+d10)/n; printf(' The average deviation = %d mH \n',Avg_deviation); SD = sqrt((d1^2+d2^2+d3^2+d4^2+d5^2+d6^2+d7^2+d8^2+d9^2+d10^2)/(n-1)); printf(' The standard deviation = %.3f mH \n',SD); //The answer provided in the textbook is wrong