Finding MAD
Finding Mean
Mode
Median
Which one would I use?
100
What does each letter of MAD stand for?
Mean Absolute Deviation
100
Find the Mean. 35, 56, 34, 44, 52, 12, 34, 45
Mean = 39
100

Find the mode: 24,31,12,38,12,15

12

100

Find the Median:  35, 56, 34, 44, 52, 12, 34, 45

 39.5 

100
You want to find the average height of a basketball team. Which central tendency would you use?
Mean
200
Find the MAD: 10, 7 , 13, 10, 8
1.68 / 1.7
200
Find the Mean. 24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28
Mean = 31
200

Find the mode: 72,43,15,66,32,72,52,19,28,81

72

200

Find the Median: 24, 34, 32, 16, 45, 38, 28

 32 

200
To determine the difference between the smallest and biggest person on a basketball team. Which central tendency would you use?
Range
300
Find the MAD: 110, 114, 104, 108, 106
2.88 / 2.9
300
Define: Mean
Average
300

Find the Mode: 3.2,2, 4.6, 3.5, 2.3, 4, 4.6, 1.5, 6.4, 3.2, 3

3.2,4.6

300

Find the Median 86, 24, 65, 65, 24, 24

 44.5 

300
You have a range of answers from a particular survey. You are trying to figure out the middle of the data. Which central tendency would you use?
Median
400

Find the MAD:78,45,60,33,84

16.8

400
Find the Mean. 86, 24, 65, 65, 24, 24
Mean = 48
400

Define Mode

Mode: Appears the most

400

Define Median

Middle number

400
You survey a group of people asking them what their favorite food is. Which central tendency would you use to determine the most popular food?
Mode
500
Find the MAD: 15, 17, 15, 17, 21, 17, 15, 23, 20, 18
2.16 / 2.2
500
Find the Mean. 32, 23, 22, 33, 33, 23, 32, 23, 22
Mean = 27
500

Find the mode: 53,44,10,45,59,97,77,77,44,10,59,97,45,53

No Mode

500

Find the median: 0.5, 0.1, 0.1, 0.4, 0.6, 0.1, 0.4, 0.2

0.3

500
You are trying to figure out how close together a certain set of data is, Which central tendency would you use?
MAD