Let the mean and the standard deviation of the observation \( 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, a, b \) be \( 4 \) and \( \sqrt{2} \) respectively. Then the mean deviation about the mode of these observations is:
\( 2 \)
\( 1 \)
\( \dfrac{1}{2} \)
\( \dfrac{3}{4} \)