Standard Deviation Example Psychology. For example the average height for adult men in the united states is about 70ins with a standard deviation of around 3 ins. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean whereas high standard deviation indicates that the data are spread out over a large range of values.
Print standard deviation in psychology. Formula definition worksheet 1. Standard deviation is a measure of variation or variability that indicates the typical distance between the scores of a distribution and the mean.
Formula definition worksheet 1.
For example the average height for adult men in the united states is about 70ins with a standard deviation of around 3 ins. For example the average height for adult men in the united states is about 70ins with a standard deviation of around 3 ins. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean whereas high standard deviation indicates that the data are spread out over a large range of values. Assume a professor is interested in the satisfaction of students in her psychology class.