A Reason for Squaring Deviations to Compute SS in the Numerator

question 7

Multiple Choice

A reason for squaring deviations to compute SS in the numerator includes which of the following?

• A)The sum of the differences of scores from their mean is zero.
• B)The sum of the squared differences of scores from their mean is minimal.
• C)Squaring scores can be corrected easily by square rooting.
• D)all of the above

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