A large standard deviation is an indication of

  • A the size of the sample
  • B a wide spread around the mean
  • C a wide difference between the mean and the mode
  • D the difference between the highest and the lowest values
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The correct answer is B. a wide spread around the mean

Standard deviation is a number used to tell how measurements for a group are spread out from the average (mean), or expected value. 

A high standard deviation indicates that the data points are spread out over a large range of values.

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