Why can't standard deviation be negative?

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Barbarity · Answer 1 · 2016-05-28T18:51:49+0000

Standard deviation represents an "absolute" different between two or more quantities. Therefore, this quantity is always positive, because it takes up space.

Why can't standard deviation be negative?

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