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Mean Deviation

The Mean of the Absolute Deviations,

\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm MD}\equiv {1\over N} \sum_{i=1}^N \vert x_i-\bar x\vert,
\end{displaymath}

where $\bar x$ is the Mean of the distribution.

See also Absolute Deviation




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26