avedev

Average of absolute deviations from the mean.

Syntax

v = avedev(number1, number2, ...)

Description

Returns mean(|x - mean(x)|) — the mean absolute deviation. A robust spread measure less affected by outliers than standard deviation.

Example

avedev(2, 4, 6, 8)    % 2

See also

• devsq — Sum of squared deviations from the mean.
• stdev_s — Sample standard deviation (Excel-compatible).
• var_s — Sample variance (Excel-compatible).