mean deviation from the mean

1. 1.

   the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution

   Synonymsmean deviation

   Broaderdeviation

   statistics

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What does mean deviation from the mean mean?

mean deviation from the mean means "the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution".

What is another word for mean deviation from the mean?

Close synonyms include mean deviation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mean deviation from the mean a common word?