MAD (Mean Absolute Deviation)

What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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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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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 average distance between the data values and the mean

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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

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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

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

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation:  10, 9, 3, 8, 10.  The Mean is 8

(a)  

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5

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

(a)  

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Find the Mean Absolute Deviation: (MAD)

5, 9, 3, 8, 5.

The Mean is 6.

(a)  

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Find the Mean Absolute Deviation of the set: 10, 5, 7, 14, 4.

The mean is 8.

(a)  

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