If data set A has a larger standard deviation than data set B, data set B is more spread out than data set A.

A. True
B. False

Question

If data set A has a larger standard deviation than data set B, data set B is more spread out than data set A.

 		A.	True
 		B.	False

juana02 · Answer

B. false

anonymous · Answer

why would it be false just out of curiousity?

juana02 · Answer

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-standard-deviation.htm

daniellelovee · Answer

well since she has reference and a base I guess she knows what she is talking about :)

anonymous · Answer

Thank's Ya'll for the help

daniellelovee · Answer

np :p

juana02 · Answer

welcome

directrix · Answer

data set A has a larger standard deviation than data set B
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Standard deviation is a measure of the dispersion of the data. So, if Set A has the larger standard dev, then its data points are more spread out.