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50% of the population are within one standard deviation.
O True
O False ???

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Answer: False

Explanation:

68%

Key Takeaways. The Empirical Rule states that 99.7% of data observed following a normal distribution lies within 3 standard deviations of the mean. Under this rule, 68% of the data falls within one standard deviation, 95% percent within two standard deviations, and 99.7% within three standard deviations from the mean.

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