Question

Can someone show me how to do Mean absolute deviation What is the means-to-MAD ratio of the two data sets, expressed as a decimal? Data set Mean Mean absolute deviation (MAD) 1 4.3 1 2 4.9 1.2

Answer 1

Data Set Mean MAD 1 4.3 1 2 4.9 1.2 Mean-to-MAD ratio: Data set 1: 4.3/1 = 4.3 Data set 2: 4.9/1.2 = 4.08 Mean is the average of the data set. 4.3 + 4.08 = 8.38 8.38 / 2 = 4.19 or 4.20