Edward Dreyer wrote:
>
> A colleague of mine - not a subscriber to this helpful list - asked me if
> it is possible for the standard deviation
> to be larger than the mean. If so, under what conditions?
Of course - for example, if you analyse mean-corrected data...
It can even happen with data
Of course the SD can be larger than the mean. If this were not so we
would not have the standard normal...
If the variable can take negative values, the mean may be close to zero,
or even negative - while the SD has to be positive.
If the variable can not take negative values, it is still po
Well, yes. the mean and standard deviation are not 'linked' for data with a
Normal distribution.
Dale Glaser asked:
Well, what about the standard normal distribution: N(0,1)?
The mean is 0, the standard deviation, 1.
If you add the restriction that the data not be less than 0, and allow a
sev
Title: RE: Mean and Standard Deviation
Well, what
about the standard normal distribution: N(0,1)?
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In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Edward
Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A colleague of mine - not a subscriber to this helpful list - asked me if
> it is possible for the standard deviation
> to be larger than the mean. If so, under what conditions?
>
Easily. Any highly skewed distribution
At 04:32 PM 10/12/01 -0500, you wrote:
>A colleague of mine - not a subscriber to this helpful list - asked me if
>it is possible for the standard deviation
>to be larger than the mean. If so, under what conditions?
what about z scores??? mean = 0 and sd = 1
>At first blush I do not think so
Title: RE: Mean and Standard Deviation
Edward Dreyer writes:
>A colleague of mine - not a subscriber to this helpful
>list - asked me if it is possible for the standard deviation
>to be larger than the mean. If so, under what conditions?
>
>At first blush I do not think so
