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Definition of Mean deviation from the mean
1. Noun. The arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mean Deviation From The Mean
Literary usage of Mean deviation from the mean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1919)
"The mean deviation from the mean is therefore 590/38 = 15 '53d. The mean deviation
from the median is calculated in precisely the same way, but the median ..."
2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1911)
"This table gives in successive columns for the four kernel classes, first, the
mean deviation from the mean, all deviations being taken together ..."
3. A First Course in Statistics by D. Caradog Jones (1921)
"To get the mean deviation from the mean we note that the difference between the
mean, 31-93, and 33 is 1-07. Hence it should be clear from Table (14) that, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"The mean deviation from the mean seems to me a better index of harmony than the
total amplitude of deviation, at least when the number of observations ..."
5. The Chances of Death, and Other Studies in Evolution by Karl Pearson (1897)
"Suppose M to be the mean and R the coefficient of regression of any organ correlated
with fertility, and let D be the mean deviation from the mean of the ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1904)
"... abstracted from the ordinary records of the Lamp Testing Bureau. TABLE II1.
STANDARD LAMP MEASUREMENTS. The greatest mean deviation from the mean for ..."
7. Theories of Solutions by Svante Arrhenius (1912)
"If the relative mean deviation from the mean number of radioactive molecules due
to this mobility is dt—di may be calculated from a theoretical formula of v ..."
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