The variance is independent of the change of which of the following?

Let ${x_1}, {x_2}, \ldots, {x_n}$ be $n$ observations,and let $\bar x$ be their arithmetic mean and ${\sigma ^2}$ be the variance.
Statement-$1$: The variance of $2{x_1}, 2{x_2}, \ldots, 2{x_n}$ is $4{\sigma ^2}$.
Statement-$2$: The arithmetic mean of $2{x_1}, 2{x_2}, \ldots, 2{x_n}$ is $4\bar x$.

The diameters of circles (in mm) drawn in a design are given below:

Diameters	$33-36$	$37-40$	$41-44$	$45-48$	$49-52$
No. of circles	$15$	$17$	$21$	$22$	$25$

Calculate the standard deviation and mean diameter of the circles.
[ Hint : First make the data continuous by making the classes as $32.5-36.5, 36.5-40.5, 40.5-44.5, 44.5-48.5, 48.5-52.5$ and then proceed.] (in $\text{ mm}$)

The variance of the observations $8, 12, 13, 15, 22$ is:

Which of the following data sets has the minimum variance?

In an experiment with $15$ observations on $x$,we have $\sum x^2 = 2830$ and $\sum x = 170$. One observation that was $20$ was found to be wrong and was replaced by the correct value $30$. The corrected variance is: