S the standard deviation of the sample a good estimate of the variation of salaries of tv personalities in general?

The answer is No because the sample is not representative of the whole population. The standard deviation of the sample is not a good estimate of the variation of the salaries of the TV personalities in general because a single sample is not counted as a whole. Standard Deviation is a quantity that is calculated to indicate the extent of deviation of the population or group as a whole. Standard deviation also represented by the symbol σ means sigma in Greek letter or s in Latin letter. It is also the measurement of a set of data values that are used to quantify the amount of variation.