standard deviation

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Restaurant tipping rates decreased by 0.05% on weekends when box-office revenue was one standard deviation higher than average.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

On weekends with low box-office returns—defined as one standard deviation below normal—tipping rates were 20.61%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Tesla’s average analyst price target is $408 with a 35% standard deviation, implying wider outcomes than other tech giants.

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

No other breed falls outside the standard deviation.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty