Standard Deviation

The Standard Deviation is the square root of (the sum of the squared deviations from the mean, divided by the sample size minus one).
In formulae it is often represented by the letters SD or the symbol (Greek letter) sigma.
Although it is closely related to, and used in calculations for, the Sigma level of a process you need to be careful to distinguish the two meanings.

 

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