While Excel is useful for many applications, it is an indispensable tool for those managing statistics. Two common terms used in statistics are Standard Deviation and ...

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When reviewing cash flow data for your small business, knowing the standard deviation can help you determine if the numbers are out of whack. Calculating standard deviation manually can be ...

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Standard deviation is a widely used metric to ascertain the investment risk of mutual funds. The concept of Standard Deviation becomes important when you invest in a market-linked product like mutual ...

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Many standard test and estimation procedures require the computation of the sample standard deviation. It is, however, often possible to replace the standard deviation by the more easily computed ...

Choosing a roster with Matt Schaub, Adrian Peterson, Jamal Lewis, and Chad Johnson might win you four or five weeks by a large margin, but you'll lose all the weeks those four put up single digits. In ...