Answer to Question #230531 in General Chemistry for Kurt

Question

Refer to approximate tables (from chemistry handbooks) for the actual values of specific heats. How do you account for the large deviations from actual values?

Answer 1

Low standard deviation means data are clustered around the mean, and high standard deviation indicates data are more spread out. A standard deviation close to zero indicates that data points are close to the mean, whereas a high or low standard deviation indicates data points are respectively above or below the mean.