Question

QUESTION

Which shape of distribution would typically have the smallest standard deviation?

normal distribution

uniform distribution

skewed left distribution

skewed right distribution

Answer 1

The shape that has the smallest standard deviation is;

Uniform distribution

Explanation:

A uniform distribution is a probability distribution where the outcomes are equally likely such as the probability of landing any face of a die, or the probability of landing a head or a tail, or a perfect random number distribution

Therefore, the outcome of a uniform distribution are all the same and the standard deviation is zero (0)

Therefore, the uniform distribution has the smallest standard deviation.