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Lee records the height of players on a basketball team, and calculates the mean absolute deviation of the set of data. What does the mean absolute deviation of the set of data describe?

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The mean absolute deviation can be defined as the average distance between the mean and each of the given data points. It is the absolute value of the deviation.

To find the mean absolute deviation, take the folllowing steps:

1. Find the Mean

2. Find the distance of each value from the mean by Subtracting the mean value from each value

3. Find the mean of the distances

Therefore, the mean absolute standard deviation of the set of data describes the average difference in height between each player and the mean height

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The average difference in height between each player and the mean height

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