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Definition
Standard Deviation. Square root of Variance, standard deviation measures the spread or dispersion around the mean of a data set
The most widely used measure of dispersion of a frequency distribution introduced by K. Pearson (1893). It is equal to the positive square root of the variance. The standard deviation should not be confused with the root mean square deviation.
See Also
- http://www.statcan.gc.ca/edu/power-pouvoir/glossary-glossaire/5214842-eng.htm#s
- https://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=3845
- https://www.census.gov/glossary/#term_Standarddeviation
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