A smaller standard deviation of a distribution indicates that
A)the observations in a data set are closer together.
B)the observations in a data set are farther apart.
C)a smaller mean.
D)the mean and median are closer together.

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Standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the data is from the mean. A smaller standard deviation indicates that the data points are closer together and less variable.

A Smaller Standard Deviation of a Distribution Indicates That