Absolute Deviation

The absolute difference of a given value from some reference value is known as its absolute deviation.

See Also:
deviation, standard deviation

References:

1. Frank, H. and Althoen, S.C. "The mean deviation from the mean." Chapter 2, §C.3 in Statistics: Concepts and Applications Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, pp. 52, 1995.

2. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Mean.html

3. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AbsoluteDeviation.html

4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_deviation

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