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What is the first step when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the mean of the data

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What is the second step when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the distance (absolute value) each data value is from the mean

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What is the third step when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the mean of the distances

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Which dot plot shows more consistency? a or b?

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a (Set I)

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Which dot plot shows more variability? a or b?

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b (Set II)

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Which mean absolute deviation would have a greater variability or spread? Options: 4.2, 8.5, 5.9, 3.5

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8.5

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True or false? The larger the Mean Absolute Deviation the more consistent the data is.

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False

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Which M.A.D. would show the most variability? Options: .5, 2, 1.5, 1

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2

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Which M.A.D. would show the most consistency? Options: .5, 1, 1.5, 2

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.5

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True or false? If you have a large Mean Absolute Deviation that means there is more variability in the data set.

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True