Question

Find the absolute deviation of the following data:

89, 86, 96, 87, 100, 86

Can you please explain how to get the absolute deviation?

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 can you help me plz?

Answer 2

are you using the median in your definition of absolute deviation

Answer 3

i don't know. it only says this:

Find the mean absolute deviation of the data. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.

it doesn't say anything about the median.

Answer 4

First find the mean

Answer 5

You do this by adding up all the numbers and then dividing by 6 (since there are 6 numbers)

Answer 6

yeah? then what do I do?

Answer 7

then you subtract each value from the mean (in any order it doesn't matter because we're going to be making each difference positive)

Answer 8

do i only right down one has an answer?

Answer 9

or do i write them all down?

Answer 10

what do you mean?

Answer 11

when i subtract the mean from all the values, for an answer to the question do i just put down one value i found or all the values i found?

Answer 12

that leads up to the answer, but the differences aren't the answer

Answer 13

oh, ok. then what's the answer?

Answer 14

what differences do you get

Answer 15

i get:

1 2/3, 4 2/3, -5 1/3, 3 2/3, -9 1/3, 4 2/3

Answer 16

make each difference positive

so the list becomes

1 2/3, 4 2/3, 5 1/3, 3 2/3, 9 1/3, 4 2/3

Then add up these values

Answer 17

Then i get the answer?

Answer 18

not yet

Answer 19

what do you get when you add all that up

Answer 20

3.267

Answer 21

no, remember that everything is now positive

Answer 22

26 10/3?

Answer 23

or 29 and 1/3

Answer 24

now divide this result by 6 to get your final answer

Answer 25

THanks man You've been a great help

Answer 26

you're welcome

Answer 27

tell me what you get for the final answer

Answer 28

i got 4.89. i'm pretty sure that is right.

Answer 29

that is correct, I'm just making sure

Answer 30

Thanks alot!! Did anyone every tell you that you're a genius? If not, then your a genius. If yes, you're a supergenius!!

Answer 31

lol thx, i appreciate the compliment