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In response to my article, Is the Stock Market Too Concentrated?, which relied upon standard-deviation calculations to assess investment risk, a reader wrote: “My problem [with your argument] is ...

An animated guide explaining how the standard devition can give you a clearer picture of a sample than averages alone. An example involving zoo keepers and some very dangerous animals demonstrates ...