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Glossary: Statistics Basics

Standard deviation (SD)

Also written: SD, STDEV.S, STDEV.P

Roughly the typical distance of values from the mean. STDEV.S is for samples (divides by count − 1) and STDEV.P for a complete population; extreme values inflate it.

Where the book teaches it

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VarianceStandard errorRobust