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Subject: Re: SD Woes
For example, the M is the center of a
distribution in the sense that the sum of squared deviations
about the mean (SS) is a minimum.
Jim
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Speaking of z-score woes, does anyone know how psychology ended up
with standard deviations rather
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Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:40 PM
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Subject: SD Woes
Speaking of z-score woes, does anyone know how psychology ended up
with s
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Hi
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Wallace E. Dixon, Jr. wrote:
> Speaking of z-score woes, does anyone know how psychology ended up
> with standard deviations rather than mean absolute differences from
> the mean. Is it just because of ease of calculation?
It is because of the statistical properties as
Speaking of z-score woes, does anyone know how psychology ended up
with standard deviations rather than mean absolute differences from
the mean. Is it just because of ease of calculation?
wedj
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