Mean Absolute Deviation-March 31, 2020

What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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What does M.A.D stand for?

• Mean as Dirt

• Mean Average Deviation

• Crazy

• 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 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 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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Which dot plot shows more consistency?

• a
• b

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Which dot plot shows more variability? 

• a
• b

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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.

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Which mean absolute deviation would be more consistent? 4.2 or 8.5?

• 4.2
• 8.5

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True or false?: You subtract the mean from each data value to find the absolute deviation.

• True
• False

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