In a series of $2n$ observations half of them equals $a$ and remaining half equals $-a$. If the standard deviation of observations is $2$ then $\left| a \right|$ equals

  • A

    $2$

  • B

    $\sqrt 2$

  • C

    $\frac{1}{n}$

  • D

    $\frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{n}$

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