Sarah calculates a value of –7.20 for the variance (s2) for a set of data. This necessarily implies ______.

a. she needs to check her calculations
b. the mean is less than the standard deviation
c. the sum of the negative deviations from the mean are greater than the sum of the positive deviations
d. the distribution of scores is negatively skewed


a. she needs to check her calculations

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