Greenville Middle School just announced the 16 homeroom classes for the next school year. Most of the homerooms have at least 20 students, while the biggest class has 28. The mean number of students in a homeroom is about 24, and the mean absolute deviation is 2.25 students.Which is a measure of how much the number of students in the new homerooms typically varies?Choices:(A)2.25 students(B)20 students(C)24 students(D)28 students
Q. Greenville Middle School just announced the 16 homeroom classes for the next school year. Most of the homerooms have at least 20 students, while the biggest class has 28. The mean number of students in a homeroom is about 24, and the mean absolute deviation is 2.25 students.Which is a measure of how much the number of students in the new homerooms typically varies?Choices:(A)2.25 students(B)20 students(C)24 students(D)28 students
Understand the question: Understand the question.We need to find the measure that shows the typical variation in the number of students per homeroom.
Identify relevant data: Identify the relevant data from the problem.The mean absolute deviation given is 2.25 students. This measure describes how much the values (number of students in this case) deviate from the mean (average).
Match measure to choices: Match the measure to the choices provided.The mean absolute deviation is explicitly mentioned as 2.25 students, which corresponds to choice (A).
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