AVEDEV

Returns the average of the absolute deviations of data points from their mean

Syntax

AVEDEV(value1, [value2])

Arguments

Argument Description Required
value1 The first number or array of numbers Required
value2 Additional numbers or arrays Optional

Examples

Average deviation of individual numbers

=AVEDEV(10, 7, 9, 27, 2)

Result ⇒ 6.4

Average deviation of range

=AVEDEV(A1:A5)

Result ⇒ 6.4
A
1 10
2 7
3 9
4 27
5 2

Average deviation with mixed values

=AVEDEV(A1:A3)

Result ⇒ 4.6667
A
1 2
2 -1
3 11

Related Functions

Other Statistical functions:

  • AVERAGE - Returns the average of given arguments. Text is ignored.
  • CORREL - Returns the correlation coefficient between two data sets
  • COUNT - Returns the count of numeric values in a dataset.
  • COUNTA - Returns the count of values in a list of arguments including text, logical values, error values, and empty text.
  • COUNTIF - Returns the count of cells that meet a specified criteria
  • COUNTIFS - Returns the count of criteria_ranges based on the given criterions.
  • FORECAST - Calculates, or predicts, a future value by using existing values
  • LARGE - Returns the k-th largest value in a data set
  • MAX - Returns the largest number from the provided arguments
  • MEDIAN - Returns the median of the given numbers
  • MIN - Returns the smallest number from the provided arguments
  • MINIFS - Returns the minimum value from a range that meets multiple criteria.
  • MODE - Returns the most frequently occurring value in a data set
  • PERCENTILE - Returns the k-th percentile of values in a range
  • PERCENTRANK - Returns the rank of a value in a dataset as a percentage (0 to 1) of the dataset
  • RANK - Returns the rank of a number from the list of other numeric values
  • SMALL - Returns the k-th smallest value in a data set
  • STDEV - Returns the estimated standard deviation based on a sample
  • STDEVP - Calculates standard deviation based on the entire population
  • SUMIF - Returns the sum of a range depending on criteria
  • SUMPRODUCT - Returns the sum of products for a list of arguments
  • VAR - Returns the estimated variance for a sample of data
  • VARP - Calculates variance based on the entire population