In a distribution, the difference between each value and the mean of the distribution is used to calculate the ____.
A) standard deviation
B) normalcy
C) median
D) mode

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The standard deviation is calculated by taking the square root of the average of the squared differences between each value and the mean of the distribution. This measures the amount of variation or dispersion from the average.

In a Distribution, the Difference Between Each Value and the Mean