Index: The Book of Statistical ProofsGeneral TheoremsProbability theoryMeasures of statistical dispersion ▷ Standard deviation

Definition: The standard deviation $\sigma$ of a random variable $X$ with expected value $\mu$ is defined as the square root of the variance, i.e.

\[\label{eq:std} \sigma(X) = \sqrt{\mathrm{E}\left[ (X-\mu)^2 \right]} \; .\]
 
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