Mean Absolute Deviation

What is another word for average?

• mean

• mode

• median

• range

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

What is the first step (1-2) when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

• Find the distance each value is from the mean

• Find the mean of the data

• Find the mean of the distances

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the second step (3) 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.5C

What is the third step (4-5) when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

• Find the distance each value is from the mean

• Find the mean of the data

• Find the mean of the distances

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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 rage distance between the data values and the mean

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

True or false?:The absolute value of a number will always be positive.

• True

• False

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

In calculating MAD, after you find the average or mean you must _____________.

• do nothing because you're done

• Find out the distance each number is from the mean.

• Find the distance each number is from zero.

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mean of the data: 15, 20, 25, 17, 18

• 15

• 16

• 18

• 19

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

What is the mean absolute deviation of the data: 15, 20, 25, 17, 18

• 4.5

• 2.8

• 4

• 3.8

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C