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The following data points represent the yearly salaries of high school cheerleading coaches in Dakota County (in thousands of dollars).

41,38,36,57,43
Find the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data set.
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The following data points represent the yearly salaries of high school cheerleading coaches in Dakota County (in thousands of dollars).\newline41,38,36,57,43 41,38,36,57,43 \newlineFind the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data set.\newlinethousand dollars

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Q. The following data points represent the yearly salaries of high school cheerleading coaches in Dakota County (in thousands of dollars).\newline41,38,36,57,43 41,38,36,57,43 \newlineFind the mean absolute deviation (MAD) of the data set.\newlinethousand dollars
  1. Calculate Mean: List the data points and calculate the mean (average) of the data set.\newlineData points: 41,38,36,57,4341, 38, 36, 57, 43 (in thousands of dollars)\newlineMean = (Sum of all data points) / (Number of data points)\newlineMean = (41+38+36+57+43)/5(41 + 38 + 36 + 57 + 43) / 5\newlineMean = 215/5215 / 5\newlineMean = 4343
  2. Calculate Absolute Deviations: Calculate the absolute deviations from the mean for each data point.\newlineAbsolute deviation for each data point = Data pointMean|\text{Data point} - \text{Mean}|\newlineAbsolute deviations: \newline4143=2|41 - 43| = 2\newline3843=5|38 - 43| = 5\newline3643=7|36 - 43| = 7\newline5743=14|57 - 43| = 14\newline4343=0|43 - 43| = 0
  3. Calculate Mean Absolute Deviation: Calculate the mean of the absolute deviations.\newlineMean Absolute Deviation (MAD) = (Sum of absolute deviations)/(Number of data points)(\text{Sum of absolute deviations}) / (\text{Number of data points})\newlineMAD = (2+5+7+14+0)/5(2 + 5 + 7 + 14 + 0) / 5\newlineMAD = 28/528 / 5\newlineMAD = 5.65.6

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