standard deviation
Example Sentences
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Broadly speaking, Asia-Pacific stocks seem reasonably priced right now, trading roughly in the middle of their long-term ranges and standard deviation levels.
From Reuters
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
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