In statistics, VARIANCE is the average of the squared deviations from the mean. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. So, squaring the standard deviation gives you the variance.
(B) Mean: The mean is a measure of central tendency and represents the average value of a data set.
(C) Dispersion: Dispersion is a general category of statistical measures that includes variance, standard deviation, and range. It describes how spread out the data is and is not a specific mathematical result of squaring a value.
(D) Range: The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum values in a data set. It is a simple measure of dispersion but is not calculated by squaring the standard deviation.