Mean Absolute Deviation Practice
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Question
The mean of each dataset that follows is 10. Which dataset is more spread out? Justify your answer using the mean absolute deviation of each dataset. Round your answers to the nearest tenth.
Dataset #1: {5,8,9,10,12,12,14}
Dataset #2: {5,6,8,9,10,10,22}
(2 points)
Dataset #
is more spread out because it has a mean absolute deviation of
while Dataset #
has a mean absolute deviation of
.
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Dataset #2 is more spread out because it has a mean absolute deviation of 5.4, while Dataset #1 has a mean absolute deviation of 2.9. This means that the values in Dataset #2 deviate further from the mean compared to the values in Dataset #1.
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