Understanding Variability in Social Science: Importance of Standard Deviation

Galton collected data from many patrons and found that most characteristics cluster around some value, but also have variability that is known as the _________.a) Meanb) Medianc) Standard Deviationd) Intelligence

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c) Standard Deviation

The standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the data is from the mean. In Galton’s study, he found that although most characteristics clustered around some value (the mean), there was also variability (represented by the standard deviation). This variability can help us understand how much individuals or groups differ from the average value.

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