The Standard Deviation of a Distribution Is the

question 1

Multiple Choice

The standard deviation of a distribution is the

• A)total distance that data points fall away from the mean.
• B)sum of the distances that data points fall away from the mean.
• C)variance of the data points in the distribution.
• D)average distance that data points fall away from the mean.

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