Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The sum of the deviations from the mean is always zero.
• B) The sum of the squared deviations from the mean is always zero.
• C) The standard deviation is always smaller than the variance.
• D) The distance between the first and third quartiles is twice the distance between the first and second quartiles.
• E) None of these is true.

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Definitions:

Committee of Correspondence

Groups formed in the American colonies to maintain communication lines and coordinate actions against British policies before the American Revolution.

Colonists' Rights

The rights claimed by the inhabitants of colonies, especially concerning self-governance, freedom from external interference, and legal equality.

Resistance Movement

A group or collection of individuals who actively oppose an occupying force or the policies of an existing government, typically through various forms of noncompliance and sabotage.

Coercive Acts

Legislation passed by the British parliament intended to reassert control over the American colonies by closing the Boston Harbor and removing Massachusetts' governmental autonomy.