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What does the "s.d" in "s.d = 21.2" (from a medical research) mean?

Asked by flo (13313points) January 19th, 2011
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Why can’t it come up when googled?

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Standard Deviation

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Thank you Josie.

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You are welcome

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@josie I had entered in google medical reaearch dictionary, went to:
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
and entered:
s.d as well as s.d=21.2 it just keeps removing the dots, and says no result.
Would you let me know how you got there?

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xxii's avatar

Standard deviation is a statistical concept, not a medical one. It comes up in papers besides medical journals, like sociology or economic research.

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Thanks @xxii. I thought it would come up anyway, in the medical research dictionary. I got it from the Amagydala story in the news a few weeks ago.

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