Mean Absolute Deviation Practice
Activity Description
Help your 7th grade students build a deep understanding of Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) with this interactive and auto-graded worksheet. Designed to align with Common Core Standard 7.SP.B.3, this hands-on activity walks students through each step of calculating MAD, reinforcing key statistical concepts while offering instant feedback.
Students will:
- ✅ Calculate the mean of a given data set.
- ✅ Determine the absolute deviation of each value from the mean.
- ✅ Compute the average of those deviations to find the MAD.
- ✅ Analyze and compare variability in different data distributions.
Features of this worksheet:
- 🔄 Fully auto-graded with immediate feedback to reinforce learning.
- 🎯 Supports skill mastery in 7th grade statistics and data analysis.
- 🧠 Encourages conceptual understanding over memorization.
- 📊 Prepares students for interpreting and comparing real-world data sets.
- 💡 Ideal for independent practice, formative assessment, or classroom review.
This worksheet is part of our interactive math series and is perfect for building data literacy while keeping students engaged. Teachers can monitor progress in real time and quickly identify where students may need extra support.
Learning Objective
At the end of this worksheet, students will be able to calculate and interpret the Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD) for a given dataset.
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