Mean Absolute Deviation

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

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

What is another word for average?

• Mean

• Median

• Mode

• Range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

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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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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

• 43

• 20

• 10

• 12

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What is the mean of this data set?
6, 7, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6

• 24.75

• 3

• 3.7

• 3.8

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

An amusement park recorded the ages of the first ten people to ride a new attraction. The ages were as follows: 11, 34, 16, 18, 22, 30, 18, 20, 15, and 16. What is the mean absolute deviation of this data set? 

• 20

• 5.2

• 18

• 4.8

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5