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      Aug012010

      Top Ten Confusing Stats Terms Explained in “Plain English” (#10: Standard Deviation)

      AuthorJeremy Taylor | DateSunday, August 1, 2010 at 11:43AM

      Most people find statistics to be complicated, confusing, and just generally frustrating. One of the biggest causes of confusion is the complicated vocabulary that is associated with stats. Frankly, it sometimes seems that stats terms were made to be intentionally complicated. In fact, some concepts seem perfectly understandable when described inplain English, but seem incomprehensible when described in stats lingo.

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