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CSS Statistics QUESTION #1957
Question 1
The sum of absolute deviations \(\sum |X - A|\) is minimized when deviations are taken from which measure?
  • Arithmetic Mean
  • Median✔️
  • Mode
  • Geometric Mean
Correct Answer Explanation
The sum of absolute deviations \(\sum |X - A|\) is least (minimum) when deviations are measured from the Median. This is a fundamental property of the median.