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CUET-PG 2020 Question 78: Descriptive statistics and dispersion

If xˉ\bar{x}xˉ is 4 and the distribution is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the sum of squared deviations from xˉ\bar{x}xˉ will be

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If x̄ is 4 and the distribution is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the sum of squared deviations from x̄ will be (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 6 (D) 12

Also written as: If x_bar is 4 and the distribution is 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, the sum of squared deviations from x_bar will be

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This question is on Measures of dispersion, part of Descriptive statistics and dispersion in Statistics.

How spread out data are: range, variance, standard deviation and relative measures.

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