Question

Jamie recorded the number of points she scored during her lsst t basketball games. She scored, 15, 25, 10, 2, and 8 points. What is the mean absolute deviation of the points she scored during the last five games?

Answer 1

6.4

Explanation:

Given the data:

15, 25, 10, 2, 8

Sample size, n = 5

The mean, m of the data above is :

(15 + 25 + 10 + 2 + 8) / 5

= 12

The mean absolute deviation:

|x - m| / n

|15 - 12| + |25 - 12| + |10 - 12| + |2 - 12| + |8 - 12|

(3 + 13 + 2 + 10 + 4) / 5

= 32 / 5

= 6.4