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A young sports data analyst stands in an arena data room surrounded by glowing holographic basketball stats
Graphic Novel #2 · Enrichment

Court Vision: The Data Analyst

The playoffs are on the line and the front office is counting on you. As lead analyst Maya, you must distinguish statistical questions, decide when the mean lies and the median tells the truth, and quantify a player's consistency with the mean absolute deviation (MAD). Every call you make is driven by the data.

Act 1 · Statistical Questions & Data

The Big Question

Maya at a glowing analyst desk studying holographic player statistics
🔒 Complete Act 1 to unlock Act 2.
Act 2 · Mean, Median, Mode & MAD

Center & Spread

Maya studies a holographic scatter of glowing dots spread around a center line
🔒 Complete Act 2 to unlock the Final Call.
Final Call · Boss

The Playoff Decision

Maya before a giant wall of holographic data making a big decision
Maya celebrates on the court with the winning team holding her tablet high
🎉🏀⭐

Series Clinched — Mission Complete!

Brilliant work, Analyst. You separated statistical questions from single-answer facts, recognized when an outlier makes the median the honest measure, and used the MAD to prove which player was truly reliable under pressure. Your data-driven call won the series.

🏆 MASTER RANK CHALLENGE

Prove your rank to certify your Master Certificate!

Mean Absolute Deviation (MAD): Jordan's score deviations from the mean (6) are 2, 0, 2 (scores: 4, 6, 8). What is the MAD of these scores?

Reference

Glossary · Analyst Codex