Question

The variance is the _______ of the standard deviation.

• A. Square
• B. Cube
• C. Square root
• D. Cube root

Answer 1

The correct option is A Square

Standard Deviation:

The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are.

Its symbol is (the greek letter sigma)

The formula is easy: it is the square root of the Variance. So now you ask, "What is the Variance?"

Variance:

The Variance is defined as: The average of the squared differences from the Mean.