LearningRlab (version 2.4)

explain.averageDeviation: Average Absolute Deviation Function Explained

Description

Step by step demonstration of the average absolute deviation calculus.

Usage

explain.averageDeviation(x)

Value

Numeric, the average absolute deviation of the numbers vector.

Arguments

x

Should be a numbers vector

Author

Dennis Monheimius,
Eduardo Benito,
Juan Jose Cuadrado,
Universidad de Alcala de Henares

Details

To calculate the average absolute deviation, the user should give a numbers vector. The result is the explained process to calculate the average absolute deviation, with the data of the dataset provided like argument. We can saw the average absolute deviation formule in the averageDeviation_ help document.

Examples

  #data creation
  data <- c(7,2,5,7,1,4,12)
  
  explain.averageDeviation(data)