| Tag | Value |
|---|---|
| file | Descriptive-statistics_uu-Standard-Deviation-001-en_uu-Standard-Deviation-001-en |
| name | uu-Standard-Deviation-001-en.Rmd |
| section | Descriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Spread/Standard Deviation |
| type | schoice |
| solution | FALSE, TRUE |
| Type | Conceptual |
| Language | English |
| Level | Statistical Literacy |
The standard deviation indicates approximately the average amount that scores in a distribution vary from the median.
The standard deviation indicates approximately the average amount that scores in a distribution vary from the mean, not the median.