pandas.DataFrame.mad

DataFrame.mad(self, axis=None, skipna=None, level=None)

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

Parameters

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

Axis for the function to be applied on.

skipnabool, default True

Exclude NA/null values when computing the result.

levelint or level name, default None

If the axis is a MultiIndex (hierarchical), count along a particular level, collapsing into a Series.

numeric_onlybool, 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

Series or DataFrame (if level specified)

pandas.DataFrame.lt pandas.DataFrame.mask