Glen Barnett wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering what the standard deviation means exactly?
I've seen the equation, etc., but I don't really understand
what st dev is and what it is for.
I'm going to take a different tack
On Mon, 22 May 2000 13:24:25 +1000, "Glen Barnett"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I assume you're talking about sample standard deviations,
not population standard deviations (though interpretation
of what it represents is similar).
...
Note that the standard deviation can't exceed half the range
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering what the standard deviation means exactly?
I've seen the equation, etc., but I don't really understand
what st dev is and what it is for.
I am not a statistician as you can tell...
Even if you were, you might know
:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering what the standard deviation means exactly?
I believe the reason it is called the STANDARD deviation
is that if the probability distribution is concentrated
equally at the two points one standard deviation from
