Among the given definitions, choose the correct one that precisely defines standard deviation.

AThe standard deviation is the positive square root of the mean of the squares of deviations from the mean

BIt is that value of a variable which occurs the maximum number of times

CIt is the value which divides the observations so that half the values are less and half are more

DA measure of dispersion derived from the average of deviations from some central value

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