pandas.Series.mad¶
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Series.
mad
(axis=None, skipna=None, level=None)[source]¶ Return the mean absolute deviation of the values for the requested axis.
- Parameters
axis : {index (0)}
Axis for the function to be applied on.
skipna : bool, default True
Exclude NA/null values when computing the result.
level : int or level name, default None
If the axis is a MultiIndex (hierarchical), count along a particular level, collapsing into a scalar.
numeric_only : bool, default None
Include only float, int, boolean columns. If None, will attempt to use everything, then use only numeric data. Not implemented for Series.
**kwargs
Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the function.
- Returns
scalar or Series (if level specified)