Using the Total Distance Between All Scores and Their Mean

question 4

Multiple Choice

Using the total distance between all scores and their mean produces

• A)a large degree of variance that must be minimized by taking the square root of the result
• B)the concept of total score distance,which is then used in sophisticated statistics
• C)the minimum possible amount of total dispersion created by a differencing technique
• D)the concept of mean distance,which is then used in sophisticated statistics

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