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Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)

Authored by Sonia Rodulfo

Mathematics

8th Grade

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Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the definition of the Mean Absolute Deviation?

A data set is the average distance between each data value and the mean

The average of the numbers

The difference between the lowest and highest values

The "middle" value in the list of numbers

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the first step to find the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Find the mean of the new set of numbers

Find the mean of the given data set

Subtract the mean from each original data point

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the second step to find the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Find the mean of the new set of numbers

Find the mean of the given data set

Subtract the mean from each original data point

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the last step to find the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Find the mean of the new set of numbers

Find the mean of the given data set

Subtract the mean from each original data point

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does M.A.D. stand for?

McDonald's and Dairy Queen

Mean Average Deviation

Crazy

Mean Absolute Deviation

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6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is another word for average?

Mean
Median
Mode
Range

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or false?

The absolute value of a number will always be positive.

True

False

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