standard deviation

Example Sentences

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Their current equity allocation is 2.4 standard deviations below the long-term average.

From Reuters

Roughly 1 percent of Black adults aged 18 to 64 own an employer business, and a standard deviation in ownership rates predicts an increase of roughly 0.2 years in life.

From Washington Post

The average performance differences between fourth- and eighth-grade students on the same test are roughly one standard deviation, a common term in statistical analysis.

From Washington Post

Through extensive calculations, scientists landed on their measurement, which is precise to seven standard deviations — far above the five standard deviations that yields a statistical gold-standard finding.

From Salon

We need citizens who can understand charts and graphs, and statistics concepts like correlation and standard deviation.

From Salon