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The _________ of the ___________ between the mean of the data set and the individual numbers in the data set.
The _______ the MAD, the ___________ there is in the data (high range). The data is further from the mean. The ________ the MAD the __________ (smaller range) there is in the data. The data is closer to the mean.

1Find the distance each value is from the mean by _______ each value from the mean. Then take the _________ of the differences.

Find the mean absolute deviation of this data set: 5,7,2,1,3,6,4

Count: ________
Add: ________
Divide ________
Mean: ___________

2Find the distance each value is from the mean by _________ each value from the mean. Then take the ________ of the differences.
Subtract: _______

3Find the _______ of all the absolute values that you calculated in step 2. This is the mean absolute deviation!
Count: _____
Add: ______
Divide: _______
MAD: ________
Find the mean absolute deviation of the data set: 21,26,46,44,22.

Find the mean absolute deviation of the temperatures over 5 days in ATX.
Chart:
DAY 1: 80 degrees
Day 2: 77 degrees
Day 3: 79 degrees
Day 4: 78 degrees
Day 5: 76 degrees.
Mean: _______
MAD: ________