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Is standard deviation a measure of central tendency?

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Explanation: Standard deviation – as the name suggests is a measure of the deviation. Deviation means change or distance. Hence standard deviation is a measure of change or the distance from a measure of central tendency – which is normally the mean.Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, is Mean Deviation a measure of central tendency?Mean deviation is a measure of dispersion calculated from the arithmetic deviation of different items of a central tendency, such as the mean or the median. Read More...

What to plant in your fall garden besides mums

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Chrysanthemums dominate garden centers and front porches in the autumn, perhaps fooling you into thinking they’re the only late season plant in town. But there are plenty of alternatives, including many perennials that will return to jazz up future falls. Here are some options if you’re ready to move on from mums. Start by digging a little deeper into the daisy family (the same clan that brings us chrysanthemums), where you can find perennial bloomers to replace those throwaway chrysanthemums (mums are not hardy below 20 degrees Fahrenheit). Read More...

RACE - The Power of an Illusion . Ask the Experts

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Q: What about the caste system in India - is that race? Audrey Smedley   I was in Japan back in September, and I met an Indian scholar there who had done a survey of the literature on caste in India. She had come to the conclusion that it was the British who essentially established the caste system in India. She points out that part of the Hindu religion identified people as having unequal spiritual, or unequal religious, identities. Read More...