On 29/11/02 5:32 AM, "Digby Millikan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > I was wondering if someone can tell me about statistical parameters, > why standard deviation and variance is used as opposed to mean absolute > deviation from the mean. It rings a bell that intergral calculus has There are in fact situations where you might want to use the mean absolute deviation from the mean (madogram) since any squared term would amplify the effect of outliers or other extreme values on the spatial correlation measure. For example, a range might be better defined from an inspection of the madogram instead of the variogram. -- * To post a message to the list, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * As a general service to the users, please remember to post a summary of any useful responses to your questions. * To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" followed by "end" on the next line in the message body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to the list * Support to the list is provided at http://www.ai-geostats.org
