How standard is Standard Deviation? -A century-old debate on Mean Absolute Deviation

[@andrew.schaeffer4032]

Thanks! I was looking at the formula for standard deviation and kept scratching my head "Why do we square this?" All I could find online were the differences between MAD and standard deviation, not Why we should use one over the other.

[@behrad9712]

Thank you very much! It was critical and precise explanation 👍🙏

[@mortyk182]

this was a great video

[@davidross2873]

Man! I was beating up my brain about this. Thank you for explaining why we do things this way.

[@koukal12]

Thank you, great explanation