Flickr via Google Images Standard deviation is a concept that's thrown around frequently in finance. So what is it? When working with a quantitative data set, one of the first things we want to know ...

Standard deviation is a measurement of market volatility. Learn how investors use standard deviation in the MoneySense Glossary. Standard deviation (σ) is an investing metric used to measure the ...

The aim of this paper is: (i) to find the best linear estimates of the means and standard deviations of the rectangular, triangular, exponential and double exponential populations; (ii) to compare the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Several simple estimates of the mean and standard deviation of a normal population are discussed. The efficiencies of these estimates are ...