Question

Which measure of dispersion indicates the extent to which each individual score in a data set varies from the mean of that set?

Answer 1

Answer:

Option 2 - Standard deviation

Explanation:

To find : Which measure of dispersion indicates the extent to which each individual score in a data set varies from the mean of that set?

Solution :

Standard deviation is defined as,

• It is a mathematical measure that is used to evaluate the difference between the mean value of a set of number and each value in the group.

• It is calculated as the square root of variance by determining the variation between each data point relative to the mean.

The measure of dispersion that indicates how much scores in a sample vary around the mean of the sample is the standard deviation.

Therefore, option 2 is correct.