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An Upper Bound on the Value of the Standard Deviation
Author(s) -
Croucher John S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2004.00157.x
Subject(s) - standard deviation , upper and lower bounds , statistics , mathematics , value (mathematics) , simple (philosophy) , standard error , sample (material) , econometrics , mathematical analysis , physics , thermodynamics , philosophy , epistemology
Summary This article derives a simple upper bound for the sample standard deviation that could be useful in guarding against gross errors of calculation.