<p>I've computed the mean &amp; variance of a set of values, and I want to pass along the value that represents the # of std deviations away from mean for each number in the set.  Is there a better term for this, or should I just call it num_of_std_devs_from_mean ...</p>

[{'answer_id': 79484, 'author': 'neuroguy123', 'author_id': 12529, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/12529', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>That is normalizing your values.  You could just refer to it as the normalized value.  Maybe norm_val would be more appropriate.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 79486, 'author': 'etchasketch', 'author_id': 14640, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14640', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>The standard deviation is usually denoted with the letter σ (sigma). Personally, I think more people will understand what you mean if you do say number of standard deviations.</p>\n\n<p>As for a variable name, as long as you comment the declaration you could shorten it to std_devs.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 79492, 'author': 'Kevin Little', 'author_id': 14028, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/14028', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_deviation" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sigma</a> is what you want, I think.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 79509, 'author': 'mbowcock', 'author_id': 8758, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8758', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>I've always heard it as number of standard deviations</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 79549, 'author': 'ckarras', 'author_id': 5688, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5688', 'pm_score': 4, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>Some suggestions here:\n<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score" rel="noreferrer">Standard score</a> (z-value, z-score, normal score)</p>\n\n<p>but "sigma" or "stdev_distance" would probably be clearer</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 79630, 'author': 'Kevin Haines', 'author_id': 10410, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10410', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviation_(statistics)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Deviation</a> may be what you\'re after. Deviation is the distance between a data point and the mean.</p>\n'}]
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