Question

Rishi's MAD
Here is Rishi's data.



You said the MAD of Rishi's data is greater than 2
2.



Calculate the MAD.



Use paper if it helps you organize your thinking

Answer 1

I don't have Rishi's numbers here. Please paste the list of Rishi's data points (e.g., 4, 7, 2, 9, ...), and I'll compute the MAD step by step.

While you copy them, here is exactly how I'll calculate the MAD so you can follow on paper:

1. Sort the data (optional for median but helps).
2. Find the median of the data (call it m).
- If odd number of points: the middle value.
- If even: average of the two middle values.
3. For each data point xi compute the absolute deviation |xi − m|.
4. Find the median of those absolute deviations. That median is the (unscaled) MAD.

(If you want the MAD scaled to be comparable to the standard deviation for normal data, multiply this MAD by 1.4826; tell me if you want that.)

Paste Rishi's data and I will show the full paper-style calculation.