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Which dispersion measure is based on squared deviations?
AMode of the data
BVariance of the data
CMedian of the data
DRange of the data
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Variance of the data
Variance averages the squares of deviations from the mean, unlike the range which uses two extremes.
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