Question

1 Two high school basketball teams have identical records of 15 wins and 2 losses. Sunnyside High School's mean score is 50 points and its MAD is 4 points. Shadyside High School's mean score is 60 points and its MAD is 15 points. Lin read the records of each team's score. She likes the team that had nearly the same score for every game it played. Which team do you think Lin likes? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Lin likes Sunnyside High School

Explanation:

The Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) is a measure of how dispersed the values are, in this case the score of the teams. So, Sunnyside High School, with a low MAD, scores nearly the same amount of points in every game.