Dividend

Dividend

1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

2. (Science: mathematics) a number or quantity which is to be divided.

Origin: L. Dividendum thing to be divided, neut. Of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. Dividende.

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Re: Standard Deviation Help

... from the mean). Square the deviations. Sum up the squared deviations. Divide this sum by #Observations - 1 (N-1) and take the square root of the dividend and you've got the standard deviation of the sample.

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by blcr11: Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:31 am; Forum: General Discussion; Topic: Standard Deviation Help; Replies: 4; Views: 11155

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Re: Standard Deviation Help