Mean Absolute Deviation

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What is Mean Absolute Deviation (M.A.D.)?

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The average distance between the data values and the mean.

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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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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 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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Which M.A.D. would show the most variability: 0.5, 1, 1.5, or 2?

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2

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What does a Mean Absolute Deviation of 0 indicate?

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All data values are the same as the mean.

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How do you calculate the distance of a data value from the mean?

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Subtract the mean from the data value and take the absolute value.

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If the data set is {2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9}, what is the mean?

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The mean is 5.

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If the mean of a data set is 5, what is the distance of the value 2 from the mean?

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The distance is 3.