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Explain why computing a variance of several numbers is like analyzing their differences.

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The solution gives detailed discussion on the reason why computing a variance of several numbers is like analyzing their differences, shown with examples.

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This is due to the definition of the variance. In statistics, variance is the average squared difference between the elements in a sample and the ...

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