Quiz on Mean and M.A.D

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

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

• True

• False

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CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

What is the absolute mean deviation of the data? 45, 55, 60, 48, 57, 52, 49 if the mean is 52.3

• 4.0

• 5

• 5.2

• 4.33

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

Find the MAD: (mean absolute deviation)

58, 38, 54, 48, 26, 36

• 10

• 20

• 12

• 43

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

• 4.2
• 8.5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C

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

• 4.2
• 8.5

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5C