In his first five basketball games, Neal scored 10, 11, 11, 12, and 16 points.
What is the mean absolute deviation for this set of scores?
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I keep getting 6.4 and then 8/5. Can someone lead me through some steps?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
choses please
OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
There are none; it says "type your answer."
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so are u tring to find the mean
OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
Mean Absolute Deviation and mean are different...
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok do u whant drect
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OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
Um... I would just like to know HOW to solve this problem
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Describe what the mean absolute deviation represents.
Step 1 Find the mean. ...
Step 2 Find the absolute value of the differences between each value in the data set and the mean. ...
Step 3 Find the average of the absolute values of the differences between each value in the data set and the mean.
OpenStudy (kaylardz0405):
you have to add the nubers all toghether and then divide by as many nubers as there are
OpenStudy (kaylardz0405):
so add all your numbers first
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
so kayla is right just in a shorter way
OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
Okay, let me see...
OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
That is 8/5, which is 1.6, right?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
right
OpenStudy (tinylittlehelper):
Okay. Thanks for the help!
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