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Standard Deviation vs. Variance: What’s the Difference?

Standard deviation and variance are two basic mathematical concepts that have an important place in various parts of the financial sector, from accounting to economics to investing. Both measure the ...
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Understanding Portfolio Variance: Key Concepts and Calculation Formula

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
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Measuring Variability and Change with an Item Response Model for Polytomous Variables

An extension of the graded response model of Samejima (1969) for the measurement of variability and change is presented. In this model it is assumed that an occasion-specific latent variable is ...
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Standard Error (SE) Definition: Standard Deviation in Statistics Explained

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Creating Standard Deviation Charts from Subgroup Summary Data

The previous example illustrates how you can create s charts using raw data (process measurements). However, in many applications, the data are provided as subgroup summary statistics. This example ...
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Output Data Sets

_MEAN_ process mean (value of central line on box chart) _R_ value of central line on R chart _S_ value of central line on s chart A subgroup standard deviation variable is included if you specify the ...