A small deviation indicates that
A) there are a small number of data points.
B) the median score is relatively small.
C) the variance in scores is small
D) there are a number of missing data points.

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A small deviation indicates that the variance in scores is small. A deviation measures how spread out the data is around the mean, so a small deviation means that the data points are clustered closely together, indicating a small variance. It does not necessarily have to do with the number of data points, the median score, or missing data points.

A Small Deviation Indicates That