Why do we need MAD?

Posted on 8/2/2016 by Trey Cox
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Students will wonder why we need to have a value that describes the spread of the data beyond the range. If we give them three sets of data that have the same mean, median, and range and yet are clearly differently shaped then perhaps they will see that the MAD has some use.

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6.SP.A.3 6.SP.B.4
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