----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]>
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> >
> > There is no standard deviation of a population of 1.
>
> I am not sure what you are speaking of.  One has a standard deviation
of 1,
> but the curve is not normal by any means.
>
> Marshall

Marshall,

The standard deviation is a unit of measurement of the range of values
of a population or sample set which do not equal the mean. By definition
a population or sample set of one does not have a range as it equals the
mean.

Ivan.


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