Find the mean deviation about the median for the following data : 12, 5, 14, 6, 11, 13, 17, 8, 10

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Here the number of observations is 9 which is odd.

Arranging the data into ascending order, we have 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17

Now,

The respective absolute values of the deviations from median , i.e. are

6, 5, 3, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6

Thus, the required mean deviation about the median is