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- _M_e_d_i_a_n _A_b_s_o_l_u_t_e _D_e_v_i_a_t_i_o_n
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- mad(x, center, constant=1.4826, na.rm=FALSE)
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:
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- mad provides a scale estimate based on the median abso-
- lute deviation. The actual value calculated is con-
- stant * (median(abs(x - center))) with the default
- value of center being median(x).
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- If na.rm is TRUE then NA values are stripped from x
- before computation takes place. If this is not done
- then an NA value in x will cause mad to return NA.
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