Final answer:
The correct formula for calculating mean absolute deviation in the specified cell range is option D, which involves taking the absolute differences from the mean of the dataset and averaging them.The final aswer is =SUM(ABS(E2:E13-SUM(E2:E13)/COUNT(E2:E13)))/COUNT(E2:E13).
Step-by-step explanation:
The formula to calculate the mean absolute deviation of the values in cells E2:E13 is option D) =SUM(ABS(E2:E13-SUM(E2:E13)/COUNT(E2:E13)))/COUNT(E2:E13). This formula calculates the average of the absolute deviations of each data point from the mean, which measures the spread or variability in a dataset. To explain further, the formula subtracts the mean (which is calculated as SUM(E2:E13)/COUNT(E2:E13)) from each data point in the range E2:E13, takes the absolute value of each deviation to remove any negative signs, and then averages these absolute deviations by dividing their sum by the count of data points (COUNT(E2:E13)).