Stats.AverageAbsoluteDeviation Method

Returns the mean absolute deviation from the mean of a variable.

Definition

Namespace: Numerics.NET.Statistics
Assembly: Numerics.NET (in Numerics.NET.dll) Version: 10.9.0
C#
public static double AverageAbsoluteDeviation(
	this Vector<double> values
)

Parameters

values  Vector<Double>
A vector of observations.

Return Value

Double
The mean absolute deviation of the data variable.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Vector<Double>. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

The mean absolute deviation is the mean of the absolute values of the deviation of each observation from the mean of the variable.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullExceptionvalues is null.

See Also