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For a normal distribution, the mean deviation is minimum when deviations are taken from:

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median

In a normal distribution, the mean deviation is minimized when deviations are taken from the median. This is because the median minimizes the sum of absolute deviations in a symmetric distribution like the normal distribution.

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