Which of the following is an accurate interpretation of the standard deviation of a population?
A)The standard deviation represents the exact average distance of each observation to the mean.
B)The standard deviation represents the square root of the average squared distance of each observation to the mean.
C)The standard deviation represents the square root of the sum of the squared distance of each observation to the mean.
D)The standard deviation represents the average deviation of each observation from the mean.
E)The standard deviation calculation involves n-1 in the denominator.

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The standard deviation is defined as the square root of the variance, where variance is the average of the squared differences from the Mean. Thus, it represents the square root of the average squared distance of each observation to the mean.

Which of the Following Is an Accurate Interpretation of the Standard