1) find the mean, 20+10+30+20+50+30+40+20/8= 27.5 2) Find the distance of each value from that mean 20- 7.5 10- 17.5 30- 2.5 20-7.5 50- 22.5 30- 2.5 40- 12.5 20- 7.5 3) Find the mean of those distances 7.5+17.5+2.5+7.5+22.5+2.5+12.5+7.5/8=10
The Mean absolute deviation for this data set is 10.