Dianne -

Yes.

Excel's Help says "AVEDEV Returns the average of the absolute deviations of
data points from their mean."

- Mike
www.mikemiddleton.com

"Dianne" wrote in message
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I just wanted to cofirm . . .will the Avedev give me the same results as a
Mean Absolute Deviation?
Statistically Challenged in Chicago!
Dianne