Meaning Of The Word Standard deviation

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What's The Definition Of Standard deviation?

standard deviation in American English
a measure of variability equal to the square root of the arithmetic average of the squares of the deviations from the mean in a frequency distribution
noun: a measure of dispersion in a frequency distribution, equal to the square root of the mean of the squares of the deviations from the arithmetic mean of the distribution

standard deviation in British English
noun: a measure of dispersion obtained by extracting the square root of the mean of the squared deviations of the observed values from their mean in a frequency distribution

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