1. What does the standard deviation tell us about a distribution?

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Derek Stein

8 April, 09:34

1. What does the standard deviation tell us about a distribution?

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Aussie · Answer 1

Standard deviation is a number used to tell how measurements for a group are spread out from the average (mean), or expected value. A low standard deviation means that most of the numbers are close to the average. A high standard deviation means that the numbers are more spread out.