Question

The mean of data set A is 43.5 and the MAD is 3.7. The mean of data set B is 12.8 and the MAD is 4.1. What differences would you expect to see when comparing the dot plots of the two data sets?

Answer 1

MAD - mean absolute deviation is indication of the distance of data points from the mean.

Data set B shows the greater variability since has greater MAD.

It means the B data set is more spread compared to A data set.