Calculate standard deviation of nominal returns

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Use the data below to calculate the standard deviation of nominal and real Treasury bill returns from 1972-1982.

Do you think that when they purchased T-bills, investors expected to earn negative real returns as often as they did during this period? If not, what happened that took investors by surprise?

Year	Nominal Return (%)	Real Return (%)
1972	3.8	0.4
1973	6.9	-1.7
1974	8.0	-3.7
1975	5.8	-1.1
1976	5.1	0.3
1977	5.1	-1.5
1978	7.2	-1.7
1979	10.4	-2.6
1980	11.2	-1.0
1981	14.7	5.3
1982	10.5	6.4

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