DeSTRESS Film 5: Variance and Standard Deviation
Variance and Standard Deviation: Investing Your Savings (19'43")
This film talks about variation in the context of different ways of saving for the future, and in the context of the varying output of a firm. It explains step-by-step the formula for standard deviation as well as related formulae.
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Interviewees
- David Blake: Private Client Fund Manager, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.
- Wendy Hayes: Law student, University of Portsmouth
The DeSTRESS films are presented by Ken Heather of the University of Portsmouth and produced by StreamLearn LLC. Published online in 2011
Related questions
- MathsEG: Population Variance
- MathsEG: Population Deviation
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