AVEDEV

Calculates the average deviation of the values in a data set.

Syntax:

AVEDEV(list)

Returns the average deviation of the values in the list from their arithmetic mean.

list may be an array, a range of cells, or a comma-separated list of values.

Formula:

AVEDEV = ( i=n | xix | ) ÷ n

where n is the number of values and xi is the i-th value.

Example:

AVEDEV(A1:A15)

returns the average deviation of the contents of cells in the range A1:A15 from their arithmetic mean.

Revisions:

This function was added in 2.00.