mean deviation

mean deviation

n.

In a statistical distribution, the average of the absolute values of the differences between individual numbers and their mean.

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mean deviation

Noun

Statistics the difference between an observed value of a variable and its mean

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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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Noun

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mean deviation - the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution mean deviation from the mean statistics - 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