Which of the following best describes the mean absolute deviation (MAD):
A)it is the average of the squared differences between each data value and the mean
B)it is the negative square root of the variance
C)it measures the average absolute difference of data points from the mean
D)it is divided by n - 1 if the data is from a population
E)none of the above

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The mean absolute deviation (MAD) is defined as the average of the absolute differences between each data point in a set and the mean of the dataset, which matches the description in choice C.

Which of the Following Best Describes the Mean Absolute Deviation