Math, asked by prabasrao9415, 19 days ago

Why is standard deviation called standard?

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Answered by mnazirul243

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For probability distributions (as well as data sets), the standard deviation is a measure of the spread of the distribution (data). Hence, the standard deviation of a set measures the typical distance between elements of the set and the set's average.

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