Mean Absolute Deviation

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What is Mean Absolute Deviation?

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The average distance between the data values and the mean.

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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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What is another word for average?

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Mean.

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How do you calculate the mean of a set of numbers?

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Add all the numbers together and divide by the count of numbers.

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What does 'absolute value' mean?

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The distance of a number from zero on the number line, regardless of direction.

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Why is Mean Absolute Deviation important?

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It helps to understand the variability of data points in a dataset.

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If the data set is {2, 4, 6}, what is the mean?

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The mean is 4.

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If the mean of a data set is 5 and the data points are {3, 5, 7}, what is the absolute deviation of 3?

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The absolute deviation is 2.