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. Calculate the absolute differences between each data point and the mean. 3. Find the mean of these absolute differences.

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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 when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the distance each 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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If the data set is 58, 38, 54, 48, 26, 36, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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10

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For the data set 9, 7, 11, 10, 8, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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1.2

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What is the Mean Absolute Deviation of the numbers: 10, 8, 5, 12, 20?

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4

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Given the ages 11, 34, 16, 18, 22, 30, 18, 20, 15, and 16, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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5.2

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What does a low Mean Absolute Deviation indicate about a data set?

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