Calculate Mean Absolute Deviation

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

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2

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Which dot plot shows more consistency? a or b?

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a

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Which dot plot shows more variability? a or b?

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b

Front

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

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Find the mean of the data

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

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Find the distance each value is from the mean

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

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Find the mean of the distances

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In calculating MAD, after you find the average or mean you must _____________.

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Find out the distance each number is from the mean.

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

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10