Looking More Closely at the LOS for These Patients

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Multiple Choice

Looking more closely at the LOS for these patients. When you calculate the standard deviation the data, you would expect

• A) a large standard deviation because the dispersion is large.
• B) a small standard deviation because the dispersion is small.
• C) a large standard deviation because the dispersion is small.
• D) a small standard deviation because the dispersion is large.

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