Is it true that a smaller standard deviation means the data set tended to cluster around the mean? In the form of a paragraph, e

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Is it true that a smaller standard deviation means the data set tended to cluster around the mean? In the form of a paragraph, e

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pav-90 [236] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-02T21:59:28+03:00

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Yes, the smaller the standard deviation the closer the results are clustered around the mean.

Standard deviations measure the spread of the values in a data set. The more spread out the values, the higher the standard deviation.