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mean_deviation

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

mean_deviation (list)
mean_deviation(matrix)

Description

The mean deviation, defined as

n
====
1   \          _
-    >    |x - x|
n   /       i
====
i = 1
Example:

(%i1) load (descriptive)$
(%i2) load (numericalio)$
(%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$
(%i4) mean_deviation (s1);
                               51
(%o4)                          --
                               20
(%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$
(%i6) mean_deviation (s2);
(%o6) [3.287959999999999, 3.075342, 3.23907, 4.715664000000001,
                                               4.028546000000002]

See also function .

mean_continuous_uniform SciMax Toolbox mean_discrete_uniform