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Absolute Deviation

Let $\bar u$ denote the Mean of a Set of quantities $u_i$, then the absolute deviation is defined by

\begin{displaymath}
\Delta u_i\equiv \vert u_i-\bar u\vert.
\end{displaymath}

See also Deviation, Mean Deviation, Signed Deviation, Standard Deviation




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25