The deviation score is
A) exactly the same as the standard deviation
B) only the same as the standard deviation when variability is small
C) only the same as the standard deviation when variability is large
D) the difference between the raw score and the mean

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The deviation score is calculated by subtracting the mean from the raw score, which gives the amount by which the raw score deviates from the mean. Therefore, it is the difference between the raw score and the mean. It is different from standard deviation, which is a measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data, and is calculated by taking the square root of the variance.

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