Which of the following statements is true? a. The sum of the deviations from the mean is always zero. b. The sum of the squared deviations from the mean is always zero. c. The standard deviation is always smaller than the variance. d. The distance between the first and third quartiles is twice the distance between the first and second quartiles. e. none of these

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1.4 Which of the following statements is true? a. The sum of the deviations from the mean is always zero. b. The sum of the squared deviations from the mean is always zero. c. The standard deviation is always smaller than the variance. d. The distance between the first and third quartiles is twice the distance between the first and second quartiles. e. none of these
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