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zippy13 · March 10, 2010, 12:25 PM

We studied standard deviations in a university statistics course, and never used it again -- if you're not a statistician, don't worry about it. Here's a site with a great explanation (I like the animated graphic) link.

March 10, 2010, 12:25 PM	#5
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	We studied standard deviations in a university statistics course, and never used it again -- if you're not a statistician, don't worry about it. Here's a site with a great explanation (I like the animated graphic) link.