Assertion: deviation | /r/HasProperty | squared
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Source sentences:
text: The differences are squared because if the differences are added without being squared, this sum will be zero.
text: Each data point's deviation is squared, and the individual squared deviations are averaged together.
text: Because the differences are squared, the units of variance are not the same as the units of the data.
text: In column (3) the differences are squared, and the sum of those squares is given at the bottom of the column.
text: Deviations are squared to prevent negative values (deviations below the mean) from canceling out the positive values.