Definition of standard deviation in US English:
standard deviation
nounˈstandərd ˌdēvēˈāSHənˈstændərd ˌdiviˈeɪʃən
Statistics A quantity calculated to indicate the extent of deviation for a group as a whole.
Example sentencesExamples
- All costs are reported as mean values with standard deviations.
- Average values and standard deviations were then calculated for each of the compounds in the experiment.
- Mean values and standard deviations were calculated for all variables.
- Each value is the mean standard deviation of at least four independent measurements.
- If no standard deviations were reported then we used the average standard deviation for all the remaining studies.