mean deviation
mean deviation
noun Statistics.
a measure of dispersion, computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the deviations of the functional values from some central value, usually the mean or median.
Also called average deviation.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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| mean deviation | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the difference between an observed value of a variable and its mean |
| 2. | mean deviation from the mean, mean deviation from the median, Also: average deviation a measure of dispersion derived by computing the mean of the absolute values of the differences between observed values of a variable and the variable's mean |
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Mean deviation
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| mean deviation
In a statistical distribution, the average of the absolute values of the differences between individual numbers and their mean. |
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