Question

Natalia begins to find the mean absolute deviation of this data set. She finds the mean of the data and then finds the distance between each data point and the mean. What should she do next?

Answer 1

To find the Mean Deviation we have to follow the following procedure:

1. Arrange the Data in Ascending or Descending order.

2. Find the Mean of the Data by using the formula

   Mean = $\frac{\text{Sum of all the observation}}{\text{Total number of Observation}}$

3. Now, find the difference between Mean of the Data and Each value of the Data Set.

4. The last and Final Step is :

You have to find the mean of all the data set obtained in step 3.

Answer 2

Answer:

D, Find the average of the distances from the mean.

Step-by-step explanation:

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