Since the variance is a squared value, it can be difficult to interpret compared to other measures of variability like standard deviation.

Standard deviation can be greater than the variance since the square root of a decimal is larger (and not smaller) than the original number when the variance is less than one (1.0 or 100%).

Variance is a powerful statistic used in data analysis and machine learning. It is one of the four main measures of variability along with range, interquartile range (IQR) and standard deviation.