Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Statistics - 12.3 Measures of Dispersion - Concept and Vocabulary Check - Page 800: 2

Answer

standard deviation

Work Step by Step

The standard deviation of $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ is (where $\overline{x}$ is the mean of the data values): $\sqrt{\frac{(x_1-\overline{x})^2+(x_2-\overline{x})^2+...+(x_n-\overline{x})^2}{n-1}}$.
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