What Disadvantage(s) Are There of the Mean Deviation

question 68

Multiple Choice

What disadvantage(s) are there of the mean deviation?

• A) Based on only two observations
• B) Based on deviations from the mean
• C) Uses absolute values, which are difficult to manipulate

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