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μ' (r) and μ' rrepresent the factorial moment of order r about the origin and r th moment about the origin of the distribution x i|f i, i = 1, 2, … n. The value of μ' 2equals to:

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SSC CGL 2018 (Tier 2) Statistics Previous Year Paper (22-feb-2018)
The correct answer is

μ'(2) + μ'(1)

The r-th moment about the origin is \(\mu'_r = \dfrac{\sum x_i^r f_i}{N}\), and the r-th factorial moment uses the falling factorial \(x^{(r)} = x(x-1)\cdots(x-r+1)\), giving \(\mu'_{(r)} = \dfrac{\sum x_i^{(r)} f_i}{N}\).

For r = 2, \(x^{(2)} = x(x-1) = x^2 - x\), so:

\[\mu'_{(2)} = \dfrac{\sum(x_i^2 - x_i)f_i}{N} = \mu'_2 - \mu'_1\]

Since \(\mu'_1 = \mu'_{(1)}\), rearranging gives \[\mu'_2 = \mu'_{(2)} + \mu'_{(1)}\]

Hence the answer is \(\mu'_{(2)} + \mu'_{(1)}\).

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