Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mean absolute deviation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: mean ab-so-lute de-vi-a-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In a set of data, the average of the absolute values of the deviations from a chosen central point.

Inflected Forms

mean absolute deviations (plural)

Questions

What does mean absolute deviation mean?: In a set of data, the average of the absolute values of the deviations from a chosen central point.

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