dear fellows !
I have a sample with n observations :
are there commands for:
a) d1 = 1/n*SUMME(i=1 until n)[|x(i)-x_arithmetic|]
b) d2 = 1/n*SUMME(i=1 until n)[|x(i)-median|]
??
|..| means absolut value
x_arithmetic ... arithmetic mean
SUMME means sum !!
thank you very much
andreas aschbacher
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