Question

juanita is on the basketball team and played in 30 games last month. a sample of the number of points she scored in 10 of the games is shown in the table below. youre trying to find the mean absolute deviation for this sample. start by recording the distance from the mean, 17, for each game in the sample. number of points scored points 29 1 22 19 12 4 16 24 22 21 distance from 17

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate distance for 29

Distance is absolute value of (29 - 17). So $|29 - 17| = 12$.

Step2: Calculate distance for 1

$|1 - 17| = 16$.

Step3: Calculate distance for 22

$|22 - 17| = 5$.

Step4: Calculate distance for 19

$|19 - 17| = 2$.

Step5: Calculate distance for 12

$|12 - 17| = 5$.

Step6: Calculate distance for 4

$|4 - 17| = 13$.

Step7: Calculate distance for 16

$|16 - 17| = 1$.

Step8: Calculate distance for 24

$|24 - 17| = 7$.

Step9: Calculate distance for 22

$|22 - 17| = 5$.

Step10: Calculate distance for 21

$|21 - 17| = 4$.

Answer:

12, 16, 5, 2, 5, 13, 1, 7, 5, 4 (in order corresponding to the points 29, 1, 22, 19, 12, 4, 16, 24, 22, 21)