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Calculating Mean Absolute Deviation for Data Sets

Measures of Dispersion and Variation

8th Grade·Math·Open Global Math

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Calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) to measure the average distance between each data point and the mean.

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Measures of Dispersion and Variation

8th Grade · Math · Open Global Math

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Quantify data spread using quartiles, IQR, mean absolute deviation, sum of squared deviations, and sample/population variance.

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OGM.9.SP.2Open Global Math Standards 2026™ · 8th Grade

Compute and interpret measures of center (mean, weighted mean, median, mode) and dispersion (range, quartiles, interquartile range, mean absolute deviation [MAD], sum of squared deviations, variance); display and analyze distributions using histograms and box plots.