pandas.DataFrame.mad¶
- DataFrame.mad(axis=None, skipna=True, level=None)[source]¶
Return the mean absolute deviation of the values over the requested axis.
Deprecated since version 1.5.0: mad is deprecated.
- Parameters:
- axis{index (0), columns (1)}
Axis for the function to be applied on. For Series this parameter is unused and defaults to 0.
- 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.
- Returns:
- Series or DataFrame (if level specified)