In contrast to loose connective tissue types where protein fibers are small and less abundant, dense connective tissues possess large, robust fibers that impart to these tissues considerable strength. Fibers are so numerous the extracellular matrix contains few if any open spaces where ground substance is visible.
Standard deviation is a mathematical measurement of average variance and features prominently in statistics, economics, accounting and finance. For a given data set, the standard deviation measures how spread out numbers are from an average value. Standard deviation can be calculated by taking the square root of the variance, which itself is the average of the squared differences of the mean. When it comes to mutual fund or hedge fund investing, analysts look to standard deviation more than any other risk measurement.
The bell then slopes down to each side; one side represents scores that are lower than the average, and the other side represents scores that are above the average. Mean: The mean is the average score. The average is calculated by adding all of the scores together, then dividing by the total number of scores. Standard Deviation: This is a measure of variability in a population. A low standard deviation means that most of the data points are very close to the same value.