Sample Average Mean Deviation
Sample Average Mean Deviation. The mean absolute deviation of a dataset is the average distance between each data point and the mean. The average absolute deviation (aad) of a data set is the average of the absolute deviations from a central point.
Finding the sample mean is no different from finding the average of a set of numbers.
1, 1, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 10. Mean absolute deviation about the mean. The standard deviation is a summary measure of the differences of each observation from the mean. Finding the sample mean is no different from finding the average of a set of numbers.