a sample of the personal files of eight male employees revealed that, during a six-month period, they lost the following number of days due to illness: 2,0,6,3,10,4,1 and 2. Calculate the standard deviation of the above sample? the means deviation is 2.375? but not sure how to plug everything in? please help if possible.

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