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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is standard deviation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay thanks :) could u help me calculate it with these numbers {6, 8, 7, 5, 10, 6, 9, 8, 4}.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well frist put the numbers in order

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay. 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

add all then up then divied by how many numbers you added. Tell me if that helps! :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i get 63 divided by 9 = 7 and yes that helped but i thought that was the way to find mean not standard deviation

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okay i just worked it out to see if i told you work but that how you do it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay thanks :)

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