| mean deviation n. In a statistical distribution, the average of the absolute values of the differences between individual numbers and their mean. |
mean deviation
n Statistics
1. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) the difference between an observed value of a variable and its mean
2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Also called mean deviation from the mean (or median) 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
| 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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| Noun | 1. |  mean deviation - the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distributionstatistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters deviation - the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function |
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