The Czech Republic's climate. The Czech Republic lies in a temperate climate zone with pleasantly mild summers and winters with only moderate amounts of precipitation. The average annual temperature ranges from 5.5C (42F ) to 10C (50F ), but temperatures are lower in the mountains.
Linear vs logarithmic scales. 1  Human hearing is better measured on a logarithmic scale than a linear scale. 2  On a linear scale, a change between two values is perceived on the basis of the difference between the values.  On a logarithmic scale, a change between two values is perceived on the basis of the ratio of the two values.
, the square root is taken to give the result in the original scale. That is, the standard deviation can be thought of. as the average difference between the data values and their mean (the terms mean and average are used. interchangeably).