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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=statistics">statistics</a>, the <b>standard deviation</b> is a measure of the amount of variation of the values of a variable about its <a href="page.php?w=arithmetic_mean">(arithmetic) average</a>. A low standard <a href="page.php?w=Deviation_%28statistics%29">deviation</a> indicates that the values of a set tend to be close to their average, while a high standard deviation indicates that the values are spread out over a wider range.  Standard deviation may be abbreviated <b>SD</b> or <b>std dev</b>, and is most commonly</p><p>
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