Standard deviation is defined as the square root of the a. ...

[Shelles]

Standard deviation is defined as the square root of the
 
  a. average of the deviations around the mean.
  b. average of the squared deviations around the mean.
  c. sum of the deviations around the mean.
  d. sum of the squared deviations around the mean.

Question 2

If the variance for a sample is computed and it is found to be rather large, the scores
 
  a. are tightly packed around the mode.
  b. are tightly packed around the mean.
  c. are spread out around the mean.
  d. in the sample are close to one another.

[itsakadoozi]

Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c

[Shelles]

Excellent

[raenoj]

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