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Relative Standard Deviation (RSD) is a measure of precision (not accuracy). RSD is sometimes called coefficient of variation (CV) and often is calculated as a percentage. s = standard deviation x = mean RSD = s/x, as a percentage, (s/x) *100 The RSD allows standard deviations of different measurements to be compared more meaningfully. For example, if one is measuring the concentration of two compounds A and B and the result is 0.5 (+/-) 0.4 ng/mL for compound A and 10 (+/-) 2 ng/mL for compound B, one may look at the standard deviation for compound A and say because it is lower (0.4 vs. 2) than for B, the measurement for A was more precise. Actually this is not the case. When the %RSD is used the new values for compound A and B are 0.5 (+/-) 80% and 10 (+/-) 20% respectively, therefore, the measurement for compound B is more precise.
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∙ 13y agoThe S.D. gives us a quantification of the broadness of the distribution.
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The purpose of obtaining the standard deviation is to measure the dispersion data has from the mean. Data sets can be widely dispersed, or narrowly dispersed. The standard deviation measures the degree of dispersion. Each standard deviation has a percentage probability that a single datum will fall within that distance from the mean. One standard deviation of a normal distribution contains 66.67% of all data in a particular data set. Therefore, any single datum in the data has a 66.67% chance of falling within one standard deviation from the mean. 95% of all data in the data set will fall within two standard deviations of the mean. So, how does this help us in the real world? Well, I will use the world of finance/investments to illustrate real world application. In finance, we use the standard deviation and variance to measure risk of a particular investment. Assume the mean is 15%. That would indicate that we expect to earn a 15% return on an investment. However, we never earn what we expect, so we use the standard deviation to measure the likelihood the expected return will fall away from that expected return (or mean). If the standard deviation is 2%, we have a 66.67% chance the return will actually be between 13% and 17%. We expect a 95% chance that the return on the investment will yield an 11% to 19% return. The larger the standard deviation, the greater the risk involved with a particular investment. That is a real world example of how we use the standard deviation to measure risk, and expected return on an investment.
What is the importance of the standard deviation?
It allows you to understand, or comprehend the average fluctuation to the average. example: the average height for adult men in the United States is about 70", with a standard deviation of around 3". This means that most men (about 68%, assuming a normal distribution) have a height within 3" of the mean (67"- 73"), one standard deviation, and almost all men (about 95%) have a height within 6" of the mean (64"-76"), two standard deviations. In summation standard deviation allows us to see the 'average' as a whole.
