Mean Absolute Deviation Practice

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What is another word for average?

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Mean

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What type of association does this graph have?

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Positive

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What is the first step to solving for the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the mean of the given data set.

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What is the last step to solving for the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Find the mean of the new set of numbers.

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What is the second step to solving for the Mean Absolute Deviation?

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Subtract the mean from each original data point.

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What does Mean Absolute Deviation measure?

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It measures the average distance between each data point and the mean.

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How do you calculate the mean of a data set?

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

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What is the formula for Mean Absolute Deviation?

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MAD = (Σ|x - mean|) / n, where x is each data point, mean is the average, and n is the number of data points.

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Why is Mean Absolute Deviation important?

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It helps to understand the variability or spread of a data set.

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What is the difference between Mean, Median, and Mode?

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Mean is the average, Median is the middle value, and Mode is the most frequently occurring value.