Mean Absolute Deviation

Front

What is Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)?

Back

The average distance between the data values and the mean.

Front

True or false?: You subtract the mean from each data value to find the absolute deviation.

Back

True

Front

What is the first step in calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Back

Find the mean of the data.

Front

What is the second step when calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Back

Find the distance each value is from the mean.

Front

What is the third step in calculating the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Back

Find the mean of the distances.

Front

If the data set is 10, 9, 3, 8, 10, what is the Mean Absolute Deviation?

Back

2

Front

Which mean absolute deviation would be more consistent? 4.2 or 8.5?

Back

4.2

Front

What does a lower Mean Absolute Deviation indicate about a data set?

Back

The data values are closer to the mean.

Front

What does a higher Mean Absolute Deviation indicate about a data set?

Back

The data values are more spread out from the mean.

Front

How do you calculate the absolute deviation for a single data point?

Back

Subtract the mean from the data point and take the absolute value.