Why is standard deviation not a measure of central tendency

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2022-06-20

Why is standard deviation not a measure of central tendency ?

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Donavan Scott

Donavan Scott

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Explanation:
Standard deviation - as the name suggests is a measure of the deviation. Deviation means change or distance. But change is always followed by the word 'from'. Hence standard deviation is a measure of change or the distance from a measure of central tendency - which is normally the mean.
Hence, standard deviation is different from a measure of central tendency.

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