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

• Find the distance each value is from the mean
• Find the mean of the distances
• Find the mean of the data

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

• Find the distance each value is from the mean
• Find the mean of the distances
• Find the mean of the data

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

• Find the distance each value is from the mean
• Find the mean of the distances
• Find the mean of the data

This is found by finding the sum of the data and dividing by the number of values added.

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

This is found by subtracting the data values from the mean and finding the absolute value.

• Absolute Value
• Absolute Deviation
• Mean
• M.A.D.

Which M.A.D. would show the most consistency?

• .5
• 1
• 1.5
• 2

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

Which M.A.D. would show the most variability?

• .5
• 1
• 1.5
• 2

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Which of the following is true concerning the mean absolute deviation of a set of data? 

• It describes the variation of the data values around the median.
• It describes the absolute value of the mean. 
• It describes the average distance between each data value and the mean.
• It describes the variation of the data values around the mode.