Variance is defined as:

A) Standard deviation multiplied by two
B) Standard deviation divided by two
C) Square root of standard deviation
D) Square of the standard deviation

Variance

Variance is a statistical measure that represents the degree to which a set of observations differ from each other. It is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean, and it gives insights into the dispersion of a dataset.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.