get_MAD_stat: Calculates the MAD statistic

In emeyers/SDS100: Tools for the class Introductory Statistics

Calculates the MAD statistic

Description

The MAD statistic is the Mean Absolute Difference between the means of several groups.

Usage

get_MAD_stat(data, grouping)

Arguments

data	A vector of quantitative data.
grouping	A vector of categorical data indicating which group each value of the quantitative data belongs to.

Examples

 set.seed(100)
 the_data <- c(rnorm(10, -3), rnorm(10, 0), rnorm(10, 3))
 grouping <- c(rep("A", 10), rep("B", 10), rep("C", 10))
 get_MAD_stat(the_data, grouping)

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