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Originally Posted by Jimmy Cones
I'm trying to figure out how to use standard deviations to get a more accurate average for the wrestlers. So far my attempts have been fruitless because I don't remember much about them and I don't know much about open office.
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You would have to take all the wrestler's scores and find the mean score. I believe standard deviation is simply the difference between the scores that are in the different parts of the distribution curve, so it would have no real relevance in this case as it is a predetermined amount. In other words, how many points are required to go from the 50th percentile into the next? This is the same way norm-reference test scores are figured.