Unit 8 · Standard 6.SP.5c
Mean Absolute Deviation
My Notes Level 1 Support Level 2 Standard Level 3 Enrichment
Today's objectives
Content Objective: I can find the mean absolute deviation (MAD) to describe how spread out data is.
Language Objective: I can explain my work using the words mean absolute deviation, deviation, absolute value, and spread.
📖 See Learn It for the explanation and worked examples, and the Vocab tab for the words. These are your notes to fill in and keep.
✏️ Fill in each blank as we go. Use the Word Bank to help you.
📚 Word Bank — fill each blank with the best word
👆 Tap any word to see what it means and a picture.
Level 3: try the blanks from memory first, then check the bank.
- 1The average distance of each value from the mean is the .
- 2How far a single value is from the mean is its .
- 3The distance of a number from zero, always positive, is its .
- 4How far apart the data values are from each other is the .
- 5The way data values are spread out is the .
- 6How much the data values differ is the .
Reflect — Exit Ticket
Data set: 4, 8, 6, 10, 2. The mean is 6. What is the MAD?
- 2.4
- 6
- 0
- 12
Your answer: