Practice mode Measures Of Dispersion

In a normal distribution, mean deviation is approximately 4/5 of which measure?

Correct answer C. Standard deviation

Explanation

For normal data, mean deviation ≈ 0.8σ and quartile deviation ≈ 0.6745σ, so mean deviation is about four-fifths of the standard deviation.

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