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| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
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| | *AVEDEV returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from its mean. | | *AVEDEV returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from its mean. |
| | *Arguments can be numbers,names,arrays or references. | | *Arguments can be numbers,names,arrays or references. |
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| | ==ZOS Section== | | ==ZOS Section== |
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| | *The syntax is to calculate AVEDEV in ZOS is <math>AVEDEV(n_1,n_2,n_3,....)</math>. | | *The syntax is to calculate AVEDEV in ZOS is <math>AVEDEV(n_1,n_2,n_3,....)</math>. |
| | **<math>n_1,n_2,n_3...</math> are any real numbers. | | **<math>n_1,n_2,n_3...</math> are any real numbers. |
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| | ==Examples== | | ==Examples== |
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| | *=AVEDEV(50,52, 54, 56, 58, 60) gives the result 3<br/> | | *=AVEDEV(50,52, 54, 56, 58, 60) gives the result 3<br/> |
| | '''Steps''' | | '''Steps''' |
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| | ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
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| | *[[Manuals/calci/SUM | SUM]] | | *[[Manuals/calci/SUM | SUM]] |
| | *[[Manuals/calci/AVERAGE | AVERAGE ]] | | *[[Manuals/calci/AVERAGE | AVERAGE ]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_deviation Average Deviation] | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_deviation Average Deviation] |