Education Technology

The List Editor App

How do I calculate the mean absolute deviation of a list?

To calculate the mean absolute deviation for the following dataset, follow these steps.

Dataset: 8,13,14,16,19,24

  1. Press m.
  2. Enter the values in column L1.

To calculate the mean absolute deviation, follow these steps.

  1. Press aÆ to return to the calculator page.
  2. Press aÈ, press the right arrow key to MATH, and press the down arrow key to select 3: mean(.
  3. Press b Ÿ to insert the absolute value template to select abs(.
  4. Enter L1-mean(L1) into the absolute value template.
  5. Press the right arrow key to move out of the template and close the parentheses.
  6. Press = to evaluate and the mean absolute deviation of L1 will be displayed.