Mean Absolute Deviation

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

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

• Find the difference between each data point and the mean.

• Find the mean of the distances

• Find the absolute value.

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

• Find the distance each value is from the mean

• Find the mean of the absolute values

• Find the mean of the data

Find the MAD:
58, 38, 54, 48, 26, 36

• 43
• 20
• 10
• 12

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Calculate the M.A.D 13, 17, 19, 27

• 4
• 19
• 6
• 8

Find the MAD for the following set: 85, 90, 68, 75, 79

• 79.4
• 6.48
• 32.4
• 79

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Find the MAD of the following data sets: $29, $58, $15, $129, $75, $22

• 196
• 54.7
• 114
• 32.67

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Which of the following is the mean absolute deviation for the set of data?
2.50 3.75 1.25 2.25 3.00

• 3.3
• 0.66
• 2.50
• 2.55

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Which mean absolute deviation would have a greater variability or spread?  4.2 or 8.5?

• 4.2
• 8.5

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True or false? :The larger the Mean Absolute Deviation the more consistent the data is.

• True
• False

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