What Is the Problem with Deviation Scores

Multiple Choice

What is the problem with deviation scores?

A) they do not provide very useful information
B) when we try to calculate an average deviation for all respondents, the positive deviation scores always cancel out the negative ones, thus leaving an average deviation value of zero
C) they are difficult to compute
D) too much information is lost when examining individual deviation scores
E) they do not accurately measure how far away a respondent is from the mean