σ = √(Σ(xᵢ − μ)² / N)Variables
- σ
- population standard deviation
- xᵢ
- population values
- μ
- population mean
- N
- population size
Reference details
- Subject
- Statistics
- Topic
- dispersion
- Plain text
sigma = sqrt(sum(x_i-mu)^2/N)
Statistics · dispersion
Measures population spread in the original units.
σ = √(Σ(xᵢ − μ)² / N)sigma = sqrt(sum(x_i-mu)^2/N)