Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD)

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

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What is the first step to find 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

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What is the second step to find 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

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What is the last step to find 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

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What does M.A.D. stand for?

• McDonald's and Dairy Queen

• Mean Average Deviation

• Crazy

• Mean Absolute Deviation

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What is another word for average?

• Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Range

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True or false?

The absolute value of a number will always be positive.

• True

• False

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Find the MAD:

20, 20, 30, 30

• 30

• 25

• 5

• 20

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Find the MAD:

10, 20, 30

• 6.7

• 20

• 10

• 5

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Calculate the M.A.D.

13, 17, 19, 27

• 4

• 19

• 6

• 8

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