Mean Absolute Value

John has saved money over the last 5 months. If he saved $4 in the first month, $8 in the second month, $12 in the third month, $16 in the fourth month, and $20 in the fifth month, what is the mean amount of money saved per month?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 16

If the mean of the data set is 34, what is the absolute deviation of the value 25?

• -9

• 11

• 9

• 59

mean of a data set is 18, what is the absolute deviation from the value -4?

• 22

• -18

• -4

• -18

Find the mean:

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

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

What is the Mean and Mean Absolute Deviation of 24, 13, 12, 1, and 0?

• Mean:10

  Mad:6.7

• Mean: 7.6

  MAD:10

• Mean:10

  MAD:7.6

• Mean-6.7

  MAD-7.6

What is the mean absolute deviation of 13, 14, 17, 28, and 28?

• 6.4

• 8.6

• 4.6

• 6.3

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.