itermeanabs

Compute the arithmetic mean of absolute values for all iterated values.

The arithmetic mean of absolute values is defined as

Installation

npm install @stdlib/stats-iter-meanabs

Usage

var itermeanabs = require( '@stdlib/stats-iter-meanabs' );

itermeanabs( iterator )

Computes the arithmetic mean of absolute values for all iterated values.

var array2iterator = require( '@stdlib/array-to-iterator' );

var arr = array2iterator( [ 1.0, -2.0, -3.0, 4.0 ] );

var m = itermeanabs( arr );
// returns 2.5

Notes

• If an iterated value is non-numeric (including NaN), the returned iterator returns NaN. If non-numeric iterated values are possible, you are advised to provide an iterator which type checks and handles non-numeric values accordingly.

Examples

var runif = require( '@stdlib/random-iter-uniform' );
var itermeanabs = require( '@stdlib/stats-iter-meanabs' );

// Create an iterator for generating uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers:
var rand = runif( -10.0, 10.0, {
    'seed': 1234,
    'iter': 100
});

// Compute the arithmetic mean of absolute values:
var m = itermeanabs( rand );
// returns <number>

console.log( 'meanabs: %d.', m );

See Also

• @stdlib/stats-iter/mean: compute the arithmetic mean over all iterated values.
• @stdlib/stats-iter/mmeanabs: create an iterator which iteratively computes a moving arithmetic mean of absolute values.
• @stdlib/stats-iter/sumabs: compute the sum of absolute values for all iterated values.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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