Mean Absolute Deviation

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation of the set: 48, 52, 54, 61, 30, 76, 79, 50

• 450

• 94.5

• 56.25

• 11.8

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

Find the Mean Absolute Deviation of the set: 6, 3, 2, 4, 8, 10

• 5.5

• 33

• 15

• 2.5

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

What is the first step (1-2) 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 distances

Find the MAD for the following set: 65, 90, 85, 70, 70, 95, 55

• 12.24

• 75.7

• 85.7

• 40

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