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standard deviation (n)

the square root of the variance

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the square root of the variance

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The standard deviation measures the dispersion of a data set from its mean.

A low standard deviation indicates that the data is clustered closely around the mean.

A high standard deviation suggests that the data is more spread out from the mean.

The sample standard deviation provides an estimate of the population standard deviation.