Mean Average Deviation

Determine the mean absolute deviation of the data.
9, 7, 11, 10, 8

• 9

• 6

• 1.2

• 5

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation: (MAD)

10, 9, 3, 8, 10.

• 3

• 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

Find the MAD:
58, 38, 54, 48, 26, 36

• 43

• 20

• 10

• 12

The list shows the height of 6 basketball players in inches.

73, 77.3, 79.1, 83.2, 80, 77.8

What is the mean absolute deviation of these numbers? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.)

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

• 3

• 5

• 1

• 2

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

• 3

• 1

• 5

• 2

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 new set of numbers

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The daily high temperatures, in degrees Celsius, for two weeks were recorded. The first week had a mean high temperature of 8 degrees Celsius and a mean absolute deviation (MAD) of 1 degree Celsius. Here is a list of the high temperatures, in degrees Celsius, for the second week. 5, 9, 7, 0, 3, 5, 5 What is the mean absolute deviation of the second week? Round to the nearest hundredths.

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The track team had 5 students that competed in discus throwing. The table shows how far each student threw a discus at the last track meet. What is the mean absolute deviation for for this set of data?

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