If you subtracted the mean from each score in a distribution, squared the differences, and then added the squared differences, the sum would be

a. zero.
b. less than zero.
c. a minimum.
d. a maximum.


ANSWER: c

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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