Mean Absolute Deviation

What is Mean Absolute Deviation?

• The mean of the data

• The absolute value of the mean

• The variation of data values around the mode

• The distance between the data values and the mean

What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation for the set of data:

75, 89, 80, 145, 85

• 100.4

• 94.8

• 20.08

• 474

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Find the Mean Absolute Deviation for the data set:

80, 92, 104, 90, 100

• 8.04

• 7.04

• 35.2

• 93.2

Find the M.A.D. of the set of data:

47, 35, 46, 56

• 6.5

• 46

• 22

• 5.5

Find the M.A.D. for the data set:

40, 42, 52, 30

• 6

• 41

• 24

• 8

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation for the data set:

10, 9, 3, 8, 10. The Mean is 8.

• 3

• 5

• 1

• 2

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation for the data set:

25, 20, 15, 30, 45, 10, 30

• 25

• 8.57

• 8.6

• 60

Find the M.A.D. of the data set (round to two decimal places):

35, 45, 60, 25, 20, 15, 10

• 15

• 12.86

• 14.29

• 15

What is the M.A.D. of the data set:

4, 3.75, 1.25, 2.25, 2.5

• .8

• 1.1

• .7

• .9