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The mean deviation from the median is
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equal to that measured from another value
maximum if all observations are positive
greater than that measured from any other value.
less than that measured from any other value.
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Solution
less than that measured from any other value.
In a frequency distribution, the sum of absolute values of deviations from the mean and mode is always more than the sum of the deviations from the median.
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