The average and variance of data 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5 are calculated by two methods
Average: (0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3 + 0.4 + 0.5) / 5 = (1 / 10 + 2 / 10 + 3 / 10 + 4 / 10 + 5 / 10) / 5 = 15 / 10 x 1 / 5 = 3 / 10 = 0.3 variance: (0.1-0.3) & sup2; + (0.2-0.3) & sup2; + (0.3-0.3) & sup2; + (0.4-0.3) & sup2; + (0.5-0.3) & sup2; = 0.1, the smaller the variance is