The Sum of the Squared Deviations of Scores from Their

question 52

Multiple Choice

The sum of the squared deviations of scores from their mean

• A)is computed the same for samples and populations
• B)is computed by squaring each deviation to avoid a zero solution in the numerator
• C)is the numerator for the sample variance and population variance
• D)all of the above

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