To find the sum of the absolute deviations, we need to subtract the mean from each data point, take the absolute value of each difference and then sum them up.
The differences from the mean for each data point are:
63 - 47.9 = 15.1
25 - 47.9 = -22.9
74 - 47.9 = 26.1
52 - 47.9 = 4.1
63 - 47.9 = 15.1
12 - 47.9 = -35.9
46 - 47.9 = -1.9
Taking the absolute values, we have:
|15.1| = 15.1
|(-22.9)| = 22.9
|26.1| = 26.1
|4.1| = 4.1
|15.1| = 15.1
|(-35.9)| = 35.9
|(-1.9)| = 1.9
Summing up these absolute deviations:
15.1 + 22.9 + 26.1 + 4.1 + 15.1 + 35.9 + 1.9 = 120.1
Therefore, the sum of the absolute deviations in the dataset is 120.1 (rounded to the nearest tenth).