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Standard Deviation and Variance
Standard Deviation and Variance
Standard deviation measures how far apart numbers are in a data set. Variance, on the other hand, gives an actual value to how much the numbers in a data set vary from the mean.
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation
Step 1: Find the mean.
Step 2: Subtract the mean from each score.
Step 3: Square each deviation.
Step 4: Add the squared deviations.
Step 5: Divide the sum by the number of scores.
Step 6: Take the square root of the result from Step 5.
Variance
Variance
Step 1: Find the mean. To find the mean, add up all the scores, then divide them by the number of scores. ...
Step 2: Find each score's deviation from the mean. ...
Step 3: Square each deviation from the mean. ...
Step 4: Find the sum of squares. ...
Step 5: Divide the sum of squares by n – 1 or N.
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