deviation

A VIX reading of 27 is one standard deviation above its long-term average of 19.4.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 4, 2026

Among UK participants, people born between 1965 and 1974 had systemic aging that was 23% of one standard deviation higher than people born between 1950 and 1954, even after chronological age was taken into account.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Gittens added there had been a "significant deviation" from the expected standards of care and "missed opportunities".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Economists estimate each standard deviation of achievement is worth $110,000 to $230,000 in lifetime earnings, so $10 billion buys roughly three years of that gain for two million children, about a $200 billion increase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

For a long time it was hoped that measuring compass deviation and dip would enable sailors to establish their coordinates.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

And Bollinger bands mark moves of two standard deviations above and below a moving average.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Relativity seems pretty solid. We haven’t seen any deviations from that,” said Katie Mack, Hawking chair in cosmology and science communication at the Perimeter Institute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Ode engineers are now helping Chamberlain test software that can learn a family’s routines, like when they arrive home every day, and flag deviations to the homeowner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The standard deviations swell to 17% for sales and marketing costs, 25% for general and administrative expenses, and 36% for depreciation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Bogert stated as much, in an extreme of unshown annoyance after having listened to each set of replies, made lists of word deviations, and graphs of the intervals of responses.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov