standard deviation
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Their final result brought theoretical predictions and experimental measurements into agreement within less than half a standard deviation.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The average analyst price target on Bloomberg is about $408, with a 35% standard deviation, he added.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
This represents a 55% price-to-earnings-growth discount relative to its megacap technology peers and places the stock one standard deviation below its 10-year average, Nowak wrote.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
At estimated 2027 price-to-book of 0.95X, banking stock valuations appear undemanding, trading one standard deviation below its five-year mean price-to-book of 1.07X, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
No other breed falls outside the standard deviation.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
