Standard deviation of a random variable: A measure of spread: SD(X) = sqrt(Var(X)), where Var(X) = sum of (x minus mu) squared times P(x).
How to apply it: Standard deviation measures the typical distance of outcomes from the expected value.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
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