Question

fill in the blank. the square of the standard deviation is called the ______. the square of the standard deviation is called the dropdown options: dispersion, variance, spread, mean

Explanation:

To solve this, we recall the definitions of statistical terms:

• The mean is a measure of central tendency (average), not related to the square of standard deviation.
• Spread and dispersion are general terms for the variability of data, not the specific square of standard deviation.
• Variance is defined as the square of the standard deviation. Mathematically, if \( \sigma \) is the standard deviation, then variance \( \sigma^2 \).

Answer:

variance