Question

he dot plot below shows how many laps each student in Coach Toni's gym class ran one day.



What is the mean absolute deviation of the data set shown?
A.
7
B.
12.5
C.
30
D.
5

Answer 1

can you find the mean for me

Answer 2

B.?

Answer 3

no find me the mean first then i will help

Answer 4

.3. well i found the answer i just wanna ask if its right.....

Answer 5

u chose b?

Answer 6

12.5 because you add up all of the number of laps. Then you divide that from how laps there were.

Answer 7

but thats the mean

Answer 8

not the mean absolute deviation

Answer 9

The mean deviation is a measure of dispersion, A measure of by how much the values in the data set are likely to differ from their mean. The absolute value is used to avoid deviations with opposite signs cancelling each other out.

Answer 10

and you answer isnt correct i checked

Answer 11

.3. oh

Answer 12

Oh well the mean is 7?
Right .3.

Answer 13

the MAD is 7

Answer 14

"mean absolute deviation" :)

Answer 15

so yes 7 is correct

Answer 16

Ok now what?

Answer 17

thats the answer 7