To find the mean absolute deviation, first find the mean of the dataset.
Mean = (8.4 + 9.4 + 14.2 + 5.6 + 8.3 + 9.0 + 10.2)/7
Mean = 65.1/7
Mean ≈ 9.3
Next, find the absolute deviation for each data point by subtracting the mean from each data point and taking the absolute value.
Absolute deviation = |data point - mean|
For 8.4: |8.4 - 9.3| = 0.9
For 9.4: |9.4 - 9.3| = 0.1
For 14.2: |14.2 - 9.3| = 4.9
For 5.6: |5.6 - 9.3| = 3.7
For 8.3: |8.3 - 9.3| = 1.0
For 9.0: |9.0 - 9.3| = 0.3
For 10.2: |10.2 - 9.3| = 0.9
Now, find the mean of the absolute deviations.
Mean absolute deviation = (0.9 + 0.1 + 4.9 + 3.7 + 1.0 + 0.3 + 0.9)/7
Mean absolute deviation ≈ 2.2
Therefore, the mean absolute deviation of the dataset is approximately 2.2.