2006-10-18 03:24:15 · 5 answers · asked by Laurens R 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Tell the person that it is the range in which the answer is most likely to fall. 68.27% (for a normal distribution), if the person is interested in how likely.
2006-10-18 04:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Andy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must first teach the person how really important it is to realize how really important a statistical deviation is to a set of figures that measure how much that deviation is relative to another deviation, unless some variable is found which fully disallows the deviation in question.
Or.... you might just confine your excitement about deviancy to those for whom seeking deviation is truly exciting.
Peace
2006-10-18 03:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by docjp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them that magnetic north is not positioned where true north is and that it is somewhere near Hudson Bay. The angle difference between MN and TN is the deviation or better known as declination angle (from the point you are measuring from whether on a map or on the ground).
2006-10-18 04:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by Delta Charlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always understood it as X many away from the average. So if something is 2 standard deviatons from the mean, explain it as being either 2 above or 2 under the average.
2006-10-18 03:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Beaute Ideale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a measure of how close data gets to the average
2006-10-18 03:31:44 · answer #5 · answered by oldhippypaul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋