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The standard deviation and range are both measures of the spread of a data set. Each number tells us in its own way how spaced out the data are, as they are both a measure of variation. The range relies on a very simple formula of subtracting the minimum data value from the maximum.
By Courtney Taylor. Definition: The standard deviation measures how spread out a data set is from its mean. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance of a data set, and is calculated by this formula.Examples: 1  The data set 2,2,2,2,2 is not spread out at all, and has standard deviation of zero. 2  The data set 2,3,4,4,5,6 has standard deviation of approximately 1.4.efinition: The standard deviation measures how spread out a data set is from its mean. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance of a data set, and is calculated by this formula. Examples: