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Standard deviation describes the spread of a distribution around its mean.

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Describes how spread out data set is?

(As in Jeopardy) - What is "standard deviation"?


What describes the spread of data?

Range, variance, and standard deviation usually are used to describes the spread of data.


What is a statistical measurement that describes the variation of a data set called?

Standard Deviation


What describes how the values in a data set vary with a single number?

It could be the standard deviation.


What are the assumptions of standard deviation?

The standard deviation is the standard deviation! Its calculation requires no assumption.


What does the sample standard deviation best estimate?

The standard deviation of the population. the standard deviation of the population.


What is standard deviation of 155.45?

The standard deviation is 0.


If quartile deviation is 24. find mean deviation and standard deviation?

Information is not sufficient to find mean deviation and standard deviation.


What is the relationship between standard deviation and variance?

Standard deviation is the square root of the variance.


What is the standard deviation of a standard normal distribution?

The standard deviation in a standard normal distribution is 1.


What is the difference between standard error of mean and standard deviation of means?

Standard error of the mean (SEM) and standard deviation of the mean is the same thing. However, standard deviation is not the same as the SEM. To obtain SEM from the standard deviation, divide the standard deviation by the square root of the sample size.


Why do we need the standard deviation?

The standard deviation is a measure of the spread of data.