Help me with my homework screwup, Statisticians!

Factual Questions
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Not that kind of homework help. More of a 'What the heck did I mean by this when I wrote it?" kind of question.
Background: about 2 years ago, I started a project in class. I wrote out the research proposal, got it accepted, did the surveys, etc…had to drop the class. Re-enrolled this spring, and the instructor said I could use the surveys and only had to update the Literature review, and then write my report.
So, where I am stumped: My research was only a descriptive project. I was only going to survey the people, and then show the central tendancy. Foolishly, I wrote that ‘the variability of the statistics will be recorded.’ Huh? The variability of the statistics will be recorded??? I mean, I know what variables are, what variability as in changableness (is that a word?) means, but the variability of the statistics? I’ve already got the central tendancy, so could the variability mean something like the standard deviation, or range??? I don’t need to particularly know what I meant, just what I can say I meant as I compile my report, and any idea as to how to describe my variability quite is helpful. I’m trying to knock this rascal out in the next two days, and once I find out what I meant, I can get 'er done.
In short, what could “Variability of the statistics,” in a statistical context, mean?

Thanks,
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If I were just to go by the phrase “variability of the statistics”, I might guess that it referred to the standard error of the mean, which basically refers to the average difference you would observe between the population mean and the sample mean if you took a whole bunch of samples of a given size from that population. But it could also plausibly refer to standard deviation, range, or all three. Standard deviation is probably the most well-known measure of the extent to which individuals within a sample vary.

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I would guess it’s someone who doesn’t really know what they are talking about, trying to describe standard deviation.

4

Variance? Margin of error?

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Well, if you’re referring to me, I think that would probably apply, but IIRC, back then I knew what Standard Deviation was, and, also, IIRC, I think the professor helped me craft the sentence. (Perhaps, not though; I may have added that in before the final draft to surprise/impress her!)

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It’s not a standard statistical phrase.

7

Well, I was wondering!

Thanks for the input, everybody!