The variance of the sample
A)can never be negative
B)can be negative
C)cannot be zero
D)cannot be less than one

Name: The variance of the sample A)can never be negative B)can be negative C)cannot be zero D)cannot be less than one
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The variance is a measure of how spread out the data is from the mean, so it cannot be negative because it represents squared differences from the mean. It is always a non-negative number because the squared differences cannot be negative.

The Variance of the Sample