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Which statement is true? The variance is: A a mean of squared deviations B a mea

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Question

Which statement is true? The variance is: A a mean of squared deviations B a mean of absolute deviations C no mean at all D a mean of positive and negative deviations If a store manager selected a sample of customers and computed the mean income for this sample, he has computed: A a statistic B a parameter C a qualitative value D none of the above Which statement is true? The variance is: A a mean of squared deviations B a mean of absolute deviations C no mean at all D a mean of positive and negative deviations If a store manager selected a sample of customers and computed the mean income for this sample, he has computed: A a statistic B a parameter C a qualitative value D none of the above

Explanation / Answer

1.

The variance is

A. A mean of squared deviations [ANSWER]

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2.

OPTION A: A statistic.

It is because he got it from a SAMPLE. If he got it from a population, it would have been a parameter.