SOLUTION: Confused here, need a bit of help if you can? A) In the formula for the variance Σ (x – µ)^2/n, what is the sum if we don’t square the (x - µ) values? [Hint: There is a spe

Algebra ->  Probability-and-statistics -> SOLUTION: Confused here, need a bit of help if you can? A) In the formula for the variance Σ (x – µ)^2/n, what is the sum if we don’t square the (x - µ) values? [Hint: There is a spe      Log On


   



Question 791759: Confused here, need a bit of help if you can?
A) In the formula for the variance Σ (x – µ)^2/n, what is the sum if we don’t square the (x - µ) values? [Hint: There is a special name for this sum.]
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Cass

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It is called the average deviation and it is always equal to zero.

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