Question

Maggie takes three electives: art, Spanish, and creative writing. She calculated the mean absolute deviation of the points she earned throughout the year in each class.

art: mean absolute deviation of 2.1

Spanish: mean absolute deviation of 0.8

creative writing: mean absolute deviation of 2.7

In which elective were her scores the most spread out?


art

creative writing

Spanish

Answer 1

Answer: creative writing

Step-by-step explanation:

MAD = mean absolute deviation

The larger the MAD, the more spread out the scores will be.

Therefore, Maggie has the most spread out scores in her creative writing class.