Mean absolute deviation | Data and statistics | 6th grade | Khan Academy

MAD (mean absolute deviation) helps you get a sense of how "spread out" a data set is. Learn how to compute MAD in this video.

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[OasisFinder]

This thing taught in 6th grade and here i am 30 year old, learning this for data science,
One thing which i realize about our mind is, It doesn't really matter how old you are, When you are learning something new, irrespective of age15 or 30, our mind face exact same challenges in learning process.

[juicebox]

I get it now I MEAN it






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[BenCauntyt]

The sad thing is is that it took you less than 7 minutes to teach what my teacher has been trying to teacher for the last three weeks

[TheRealReemh]

Omg I have a math exam this week and this literally saved my life

[Incognito-byrs]

This is really helpful. I am struggling in school with M.A.D but now i am not.
Thanks Khan Acadamy

[mulcro]

2+2 is 4 minus 1 that's 3 quick maths

[cheyennedouthitt]

Thanks! after being sick and missing days of school this MAD homework has been mean to me... ;]. I thought that that was funny y'all are just some mean people. alright, I'll stop.

[ginohaynes]

Who else is doing this for work over quarantine

[nicolefabrikant]

Is anyone else watching this cuz they have finals coming up and forgot nope, just me 😂

[konitheprophet]

Why do I feel like I've learned more math from this channel than math I've learned from math class, lol.

[ratcumowo]

I was sick and missed a couple of leassons and my test is tomorrow! But this really helped! Thank you!

[viewtifulflow]

Thanks Kahn Academy you simplified so well it took me no time at all to see what I was missing

[itz_a_z_here]

How to solve for the Mean Absolute Divination? Well, first find the mean of the data set. Then calculate how far the # is from the mean. Add them up, and divide by how many # there are. The Mean Absolute Divination could be a whole # or a decimal. Hope this helps. Give a like if you understand, and a comment if you don’t.

[Epic]

tysm i forgot to study last night good thing i found this video i got my test on 100 thank you

[xdeuphoric]

when he said "1, 1, 6, 4" i felt that

[JohnAsher]

i got so confused in this in school thanks for simplifying it

[michaelthevariety]

Thank you Khan Academy! I am in 5th grade doing I-Ready and was clueless to what this was! Now I know.

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You are helping us out..we appreciate you

[testmynutz]

Wow my teacher couldnt even say this and help me understand this for a whole 20 mins and you just put it in my mind that it wad somple all along

[ilhamakhyar]

Really great explanation for what is MAD, thank you!