NOUN | cognition | mean deviation, mean deviation from the mean | the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution |
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Meaning | The arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution. | |
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Synonym | mean deviation from the mean | |
Category | 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 |
Broader | deviation | The difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function |
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