I mean it when I say that you'll learn about mean absolute deviation. By watching an informative YouTube video, viewers see how to calculate the mean absolute deviation. The video shows a few examples and explains the interpretation of the mean absolute deviation.

Concepts

statistics, averages, mean, median

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video with pupils absent for a lesson on mean absolute deviation
  

Classroom Considerations

• Note that the narrator shouts very loudly a few seconds into the video
• Learners should already be able to calculate averages
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses familiar contexts to describe concepts
• Thorough explanations communicate each step of the process
  

Cons

• Does not correctly use the concept of equality
  

Common Core

6.SP.B.5.c