Mean Absolute Deviation

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What is Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?

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Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data points. It represents the average distance between each data point and the mean of the data set.

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How do you calculate the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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1. Find the mean of the data set. 2. Subtract the mean from each data point and take the absolute value of each result. 3. Find the mean of these absolute values.

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

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The first step is to find the mean of the data set.

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

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The second step is to find the distance each value is from the mean.

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

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The third step is to find the mean of the distances.

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If the data set is 85, 90, 68, 75, 79, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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6.48

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If the data set is 65, 90, 85, 70, 70, 95, 55, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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12.24

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What is another word for average?

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Mean

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What is the mean of the data set 6, 7, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6?

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3.8

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What does it mean if the Mean Absolute Deviation is low?

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A low Mean Absolute Deviation indicates that the data points are close to the mean, suggesting less variability.

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