the average deviation from the mean will always be equal to:
(the average) - the sum of all data values divided by the number of the data values. deviation. - the difference between a data value in a set and the mean of the set. - the mean (average) of all deviations in a set equals zero. absolute value. - the distance (a positive quantity) of any value on a number line from zero. - the sum of the absolute values of deviations on each side of the mean are equal. variability. - refers to how spread out (or clustered together) the values are in a data set. - high variablity means the data is spread out.