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Absolute Deviation


Let u^_ denote the mean of a set of quantities u_i, then the absolute deviation is defined by

 Deltau_i=|u_i-u^_|.

See also

Deviation, Mean Deviation, Relative Deviation, Signed Deviation, Standard Deviation

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Absolute Deviation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AbsoluteDeviation.html

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