pandas.DataFrame.mad

DataFrame.mad(axis=None, skipna=None, level=None)[source]

Return the mean absolute deviation of the values over the requested axis.

Parameters

axis:{index (0), columns (1)}

Axis for the function to be applied on.

skipna:bool, default None

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 Series.

Returns

Series or DataFrame (if level specified)