Instructions to calculate standard deviations of a data set

Formula to calculate standard deviation,

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Collect the data set

Calculate the mean of the data set
Substract the average from every single data and square the value and form a separate
Calculate the mean for the new data set

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The mean/average value of the new data set so obtained is called as the variance i.e.
Square root of variance is called as standard deviation

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