The Standard Deviation (S)

question 16

Multiple Choice

The standard deviation (s)

• A) squares the deviations to eliminate minus values
• B) decreases in value as distributions become more heterogeneous
• C) does not use all the scores
• D) is based on the median rather than the mean

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