Asked by Lyndse

Roughly speaking, the standard deviation indicates how far, on average, the observations are from the mean. Do you think that for the data set below the standard deviation will give a good indication of the typical deviation from the mean?
2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 100

What drawback of the standard deviation is illustrated by this example?

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Answered by Lyndse
I don't see any drawbacks
Answered by Mary Ann
The standard deviation includes Outliers like "100", and may give a false picture of the data.
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