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MultivariateMeanDeviation

MultivariateMeanDeviation[matrix]
gives the mean of the Euclidean distances between the elements of matrix and their mean.

To use MultivariateMeanDeviation, you first need to load the Multivariate Statistics Package using Needs["MultivariateStatistics`"].

MultivariateMeanDeviation is a univariate measure of mean deviation for multivariate data.

The multivariate mean deviation is given by , where matrix={x₁, x₂, ..., x_n} and .

Needs["MultivariateStatistics`"]

Multivariate mean deviation for bivariate data: