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standard deviation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Coined by English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist Karl Pearson in 1894 in his paper "On the dissection of asymmetrical frequency curves".

Meanings

1. A measure of how spread out data values are around the mean, defined as the square root of the variance. Represented with the Greek letter σ (sigma).

Forms

Synonyms

standard error · sigma

Translations (51)

es desviación estándar (statistical measure) · lt standartinis nuokrypis (statistical measure) · et standardhälve (statistical measure) · ca desviació estàndard (statistical measure) · lv standartnovirze (statistical measure) · ar انحراف معياري (statistical measure) · ckb لادانی پێوانەیی (statistical measure) · it scarto tipo (statistical measure) · sk smerodajná odchýlka (statistical measure) · gl desviación típica (statistical measure) · da standardafvigelse (statistical measure) · nl standaarddeviatie (statistical measure) · ms sisihan piawai (statistical measure) · zza tadena standardi (statistical measure) · sv standardavvikelse (statistical measure) · tl pamantayang liwas (statistical measure) · yue 標準差 /标准差 (statistical measure) · mk стандардно отстапување (statistical measure) · nl standaardafwijking (statistical measure) · sl standardna deviacija (statistical measure) · sw mkengeuko wastani (statistical measure) · cy gwyriad safonol (statistical measure) · az orta kvadratik meyl (statistical measure) · fa انحراف معیار (statistical measure) · th ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน (statistical measure) · be стандартнае адхіленьне (statistical measure) · ur معیاری انحراف (statistical measure) · ko 표준 편차 (statistical measure) · ja 標準偏差 (statistical measure) · sq devijimi standard (statistical measure) · de Standardabweichung (statistical measure) · af standaardafwyking (statistical measure) · fr écart type (statistical measure) · is staðalfrávik (statistical measure) · pt desvio-padrão (statistical measure) · he סטיית תקן (statistical measure) · it scarto quadratico medio (statistical measure) · ru станда́ртное отклоне́ние (statistical measure) · bg стандартно отклонение (statistical measure) · fi keskihajonta (statistical measure) · no standardavvik (statistical measure) · ca desviació tipus (statistical measure) · it deviazione standard (statistical measure) · id simpangan baku (statistical measure) · cmn 標準差 /标准差 (statistical measure) · pl odchylenie standardowe (statistical measure) · eo norma diferenco (statistical measure) · el τυπική απόκλιση (statistical measure) · uk станда́ртне відхи́лення (statistical measure) · cs směrodatná odchylka (statistical measure) · es desviación típica (statistical measure)