The square root of the ________ gives the standard deviation of a data set.
- Mean
- Median
- Range
- Variance
The "Variance" of a dataset is the average of the squared differences from the mean. The "Standard Deviation" is the square root of the variance. This means it's in the same unit as the data, which helps us understand the dispersion better.
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