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: 9.0.3
C#
public static double AverageAbsoluteDeviation(
	this Vector<double> values
)

Parameters

values  Vector<Double>
 

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.

See Also