Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
    fileDescriptive-statistics_vufsw-standard_deviation-1077-en_vufsw-standard_deviation-1077-en
    namevufsw-standard deviation-1077-en
    sectiondescriptive statistics/summary statistics/measures of spread/standard deviation
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE
    Typeconceptual
    ProgramNA
    LanguageEnglish
    Levelstatistical literacy

    Question

    Which is the best description of the standard deviation SD?


    1. FALSE: The SD measures the percentage of the observations that differ from the mean.
    2. FALSE: The SD measures the difference between the mean and the variance of the distribution.
    3. TRUE: The SD is defined by the mean difference from the mean.
    4. FALSE: The SD is the number of observations that differ from the normal distribution.

    1. False
    2. False
    3. True
    4. False