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Measures of Dispersion — Economics STD 11 Commerce — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceEconomicsMeasures of Dispersion3 Marks
Question
State some important merits of standard deviation.
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Answer

Some important merits of standard deviation are:
  1. It is based on all values of the series.
  2. It is an exact and definite measure of dispersion.
  3. It is least affected by fluctuations in sampling because samples are based on all values of the series.
  4. It is suitable for further algebraic treatment.

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