Mean Absolute Deviation

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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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

• 3
• 5
• 1
• 2

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

What is the mean of this data set?
6, 7, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6

• 24.75
• 3
• 3.7
• 3.8

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

What does M.A.D stand for?

• Mean as Dirt

• Mean Average Deviation

• Crazy

• Mean Absolute Deviation

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CCSS.3.OA.D.9

What is the mean of this data set?
6, 7, 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 6

• 24.75
• 3
• 3.7
• 3.8

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CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

Which of the following is true concerning the mean absolute deviation of a set of data? 

• It describes the variation of the data values around the median.
• It describes the absolute value of the mean. 
• It describes the average distance between each data value and the mean.
• It describes the variation of the data values around the mode.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5