What does the standard deviation of a data set measure?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. how much the values spread around the mean
- Step 1: The standard deviation is based on the squared distances from the mean. Step 2. A larger value means that the observations are more spread out. Answer: the spread around the mean. Why not the others: The count, the mode and the range are different statistics.
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