Mean Absolute Deviation: MAD

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

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• 5
• 1
• 2

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation:  5, 11, 2, 7, 16.  The Mean is 8.2 

• 3.2
• 2.8
• 1.2
• 4.2

What is the definition of Mean?

• Last number minus the first number

• Range of the numbers

• Number that occurs the most often

• Average of the numbers

What is the first step to solving for 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

What is the second step to solving for 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

What is the last step to solving for 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

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation of the set: 10, 5, 7, 14, 19, 32, 25

• 8

• 16

• 56

• 112

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

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

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

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

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• 5
• 1
• 2