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Root Mean Square

It is Square root of the mean of square of value of variable.

 

It is a statistical measure of the magnitude of variation.

where

X = Individual values

N = Sample size

 

Example:

 

Find Root Mean Square of 5, 6, 8

We first calculate mean (average) of square of values. = ( 25 + 36 + 64) / 3 = 41.67

Therefore, Square root of 41.67

or 6.46


 
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