Measures of Spread

Standard Deviation Example

Now we will do an example calculation of the standard deviation of a set of data. Here are the data we will use:

    Table VII
    Urea Nitrogen Concentration in 5 Employees
    Concentration (mg/dL)
    9
    7
    11
    13
    10

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