standard deviation
Overview page. Subjects: Science and Mathematics.
A measure of the dispersion of data in statistics. For a set of values a 1, a 2, a 3, … an , the mean m is given by (a 1 + anull...
Applications to Economics
in Quantal Response Equilibrium
June 2016; p ublished online January 2018 .
Chapter. Subjects: History of Economic Thought. 13788 words.
This chapter explores whether the equilibrium effects of noisy behavior can cause large deviations from standard predictions in economically relevant situations. It considers a simple...