Statistics Mad

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

• 9

• 6

• 1.2

• 5

What is the Mean Absolute Deviation to the nearest tenth?

• 2.0

• 1.0

• 1.7

• 1.68

This is found by subtracting the data values from the mean and finding the absolute value.

• Absolute Value

• Absolute Deviation

• Mean

• M.A.D.

The IQR is a measure of __________________ .

• center

• variation

• quartiles

• range

the mean distance between each data value and the mean of the data set is called what?

• mean

• range

• mean absolute deviation (MAD)

• interquartile range

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.

The range is found by _________________ .

• adding the quartiles

• subtracting the quartiles

• subtracting the maximum value minus the minimum value

• the golf course

Mean Absolute Deviation is a measure of _________________________ .

• central tendency

• variation

• average 

• anger

Mean is found by _________________________ .

• finding the sum of the data

• finding the middle

• finding the sum of the data, then dividing by the amount of numbers

• subtracting the minimum minus the maximum

Find the median of the box and whisker plot.

• 58

• 60

• 62

• 64