average deviation 1

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the average of the absolute deviations from a central point and a summary statistic of statistical dispersion or variability.

  • 1.A more meaningful way to quantify the spread is to compute the average deviation of the data points from the data set's mean (= average) value.
  • the average of the absolute deviations from a central point and a summary statistic of statistical dispersion or variability.

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