ds_mdev {descriptr} | R Documentation |
Mean Absolute Deviation
Description
Compute the mean absolute deviation about the mean
Usage
ds_mdev(data, x = NULL)
Arguments
data |
A numeric vector or |
x |
Column in |
Details
The ds_mdev
function computes the mean absolute deviation
about the mean. It is different from mad
in stats
package as
the statistic used to compute the deviations is not median
but
mean
. Any NA values are stripped from x
before computation
takes place
See Also
Examples
# vector
ds_mdev(mtcars$mpg)
# data.frame
ds_mdev(mtcars, mpg)
[Package descriptr version 0.6.0 Index]