Question

The following data show the weight, in ounces, of 10 different bags of candy:


10

3

7

3

4

21

6

10

1

2

4



After removing the outlier, what does the mean absolute deviation of this data set represent?
On average, the weight of a bag of candy varies 3.2 ounces from the mean of 4 ounces.
On average, the weight of a bag of candy varies 2.6 ounces from the mean of 5 ounces.
On average, the weight of a bag of candy varies 3.2 ounces from the mean of 5 ounces.
On average, the weight of a bag of candy varies 2.6 ounces from the mean of 4 ounces.

Answer 1

@bibby oh here better get her kik too

Answer 2

@dako87

Answer 3

this isnt facebook ^.^ @sheyennepowell_

Answer 4

I'm saying that because the bibby guy collects kiks from girls on here @rebeccaxhawaii

Answer 5

arent yall here to help lol

Answer 6

what value is the outlier? any idea?

Answer 7

2?

Answer 8

I'm bad at these XD

Answer 9

@bibby better collect this ones kik too

Answer 10

No
and ou;ier is a value thats a large amount less or greater than the other values

Answer 11

There are 11 values of weight listed, although the question states that there are 10 different bags. It seems that there is an error somewhere.

Answer 12

@sheyennepowell_ why? xD

Answer 13

Ummm 21?

Answer 14

- the question says the outlier is first removed

Answer 15

because hes a rapist

Answer 16

? um okay

Answer 17

yea 21 is correct

can you work out the mean of the other 10 values?

Answer 18

5?

Answer 19

@rebeccaxhawaii

Answer 20

thats @bibby

Answer 21

right

50 / 10 = 5

so do you know how to calculate the MAD? Mean Absolute Deviation

Answer 22

umm not really can you explain it

Answer 23

OK
Subtract each of the values in the list from the mean 5.

If the result is negative change it to positive ( that's the absolute value)

so for 10 we have 5-10 = -5 = 5
then for 3 we have 5 - 3 = 2 and so on

ok?

Answer 24

oooh okay

Answer 25

so do that and get the total of all 10 results
what do you get?

Answer 26

well I have a quick question when I subtract 5 - 3 it's 2 but when it's 5 - 7 would that be -2?

Answer 27

yes but the -2 becomes 2

Answer 28

all values must be positive

Answer 29

oh okay thank you I will write my results

Answer 30

5-7=2
5-3=2
5-4=1
5-6=1
5-10=5
5-1=4
5-2=3
5-4=1

Answer 31

and then the two you already did lol

Answer 32

yes

the total of all 10 is 26

Now to find the MAD you divide this by 10

Answer 33

MAD = 2.6

so now you can see which is the correct option

Answer 34

D?

Answer 35

I mean B

Answer 36

Yes B is correct
The MAD is a measure of spread of the data around the mean.

Answer 37

Thank you!

Answer 38

yw

Answer 39

can you help me with another one?

Answer 40

the formula for MAD is

Answer 41

where x with the bar above it is the mean and n is the number of values.

The Big E means 'the sum of'.

Answer 42

Sorry gtg right now

Answer 43

Okay! bye!