State some important demerits of standard deviation. - Vidyadip

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State some important demerits of standard deviation.

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Some important demerits of standard deviation are:

It is difficult to calculate as compared to other measures of dispersion.
It is unduly affected by extreme values of the series as it is based on all the items.
It cannot be used to compare two series expressed indifferent units.

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