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MATHLINKS: GRADE 6 STUDENT PACKET 5 DATA AND STATISTICS

The mean absolute deviation (MAD) is a measure of spread of a numerical data set. It is the arithmetic average of the distance of the data points to the mean. 1. Consider Lin’s and Abdul’s math scores from the warmup on page 1. Graph the data points on the number lines below. Whose data looks more “spread out”?