Under What Circumstances Is the Computational Formula Preferred Over the Definitional

question 29

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances is the computational formula preferred over the definitional formula when computing SS,the sum of the squared deviations,for a sample?

• A)When the sample mean is a whole number
• B)When the sample mean is not a whole number
• C)When the sample variance is a whole number
• D)When the sample variance is not a whole number

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