Question

The school soccer coach records the number of goals some players have scored so far this season. The dot plot of the number of goals is shown below.
What is the mean absolute deviation of the data set?


Identify all of the striking deviations.

Answer 1

Answer:

the means absolute deviation is 1.8

the striking deviation is 7

(it is because the data point on the far right of the graph)

Step-by-step explanation:

calculate the absolute deviation:

1.  calculate the mean (add all numbers and divide by 10) = 2.6

2.  find the absolute value of each

2.6 - 0 = 2.6

2.6 - 1 = 1.6 (you have 1's 4 times so each one will be 1.6)

2.6 - 3 = 0.4

2.6 - 4 = 1.4 (you have 4's 3 times)

2.6 - 7 = 4.4

3.  Then add all of those values together

2.6 + 1.6 + 1.6 + 1.6 +  1.6 + 0.4 + 1.4 + 1.4 + 1.4 + 7.4 = 18

4.  find the mean of the difference

18/10 = 1.8