Returns the absolute deviation from the mean.

Namespace: Extreme.Statistics
Assembly: Extreme.Numerics (Extreme.Numerics)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function GetAverageAbsoluteDeviation As Double
C#
public double GetAverageAbsoluteDeviation ()
C++
public:
double GetAverageAbsoluteDeviation ()

Return Value

The average of the absolute value of the difference between each observation and the Mean of all observations.

Remarks

The average absolute deviation is a measure of scale that is less affected by extreme values than the StandardDeviation. The GetMedianAbsoluteDeviation() is even less affected by extreme values.

See Also