Which of the Following Best Describes the Mean Absolute Deviation

question 119

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the mean absolute deviation (MAD) :

• A)it is the average of the squared differences between each data value and the mean
• B)it is the negative square root of the variance
• C)it measures the average absolute difference of data points from the mean
• D)it is divided by n - 1 if the data is from a population
• E)none of the above

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