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<p>is still <a href="page.php?w=Consistent_estimator">consistent</a>. Its mean squared error, on the other hand, may be lower than that of <a href="page.php?w=Unbiased_estimation_of_standard_deviation">the unbiased estimator</a>.</p>

<p><big>Standard deviation of average height for adult men</big></p>
<p>If the population of interest is approximately normally distributed, the standard deviation provides information on the proportion of observations above or below certain values. For example, the <a href="page.php?w=Average_human_height">average height for adult men</a></p><p>
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