Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
The measure of vs a measure of
"The https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/standard-deviation.htmlis the measure of how spread out a normally distributed set of data is."
I was reading about basics of statistics.
https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/normal-distribution-of-data
What does "measure" exactly mean in the given context?
I thought it should be "a measure of..." not "the measure of..."
I was reading about basics of statistics.
https://www.varsitytutors.com/hotmath/hotmath_help/topics/normal-distribution-of-data
What does "measure" exactly mean in the given context?
I thought it should be "a measure of..." not "the measure of..."
Top answer
" It could have been worded that way. As they have it, they explain "standard deviation" as if it is the only measure of the spread of that kind of set of data. Maybe it is the only measure of that.
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JigneshbharatiI thought it should be "a measure of..." not "the measure of..."
It could have been worded that way.
As they have it, they explain "standard deviation" as if it is the only measure of the spread of that kind of set of data. Maybe it is the only measure of that. I am not that familiar with the terminology of statistics.
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