Multiple choice

Which of the followiing is indicated by a low standard deviation value?

  1. The data points tend to be very close to the mean.

  2. The data points are spread out over a large range of values.

  3. The data is erroneous.

  4. The standard deviation is uncorrected.

  5. The data is well distributed.
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Explanation

A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean (also called expected value); a high standard deviation indicates that the data points are spread out over a large range of values.

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