Question

He uses the steps below to find both the mean and mean absolute deviation.

French Scores

Step 1
Add the scores.
76 + 62 + 94 + 80 = 312

Step 2
Divide the sum of the scores by 4.
312 divided by 4 = 78

Step 3
Add the differences between the mean and each score.
(76 minus 78) + (62 minus 78) + (94 minus 78) + (80 minus 78) = 0
Step 4 Divide by 4.
StartFraction 0 over 4 EndFraction = 0

In which step did Souta make the first error?

Answer 1

Souta made his first error in Step 3, where he found the differences between each score and the mean. He did not find the absolute values of these differences, which means he did not calculate the mean absolute deviation correctly.