alleryStart learning →The standard deviation measures how far data values sit from their:
AMean
BMedian
CMode
DRange
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Mean
1. Spread has to be measured relative to some centre.
2. The standard deviation is a number that measures how far data values are from their mean.
3. It provides a measure of the overall variation in a data set.
4. The median and mode are centres too, but the standard deviation is defined against the mean.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'Descriptive Statistics', sections 2.1-2.7_
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