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DEPR: mad (mean absolute difference) functions

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The generic function .mad() calculates the mean absolute difference of a set of data, but in some cases the median absolute difference is more appropriate. In R, the mad() function accepts a center argument to specify how the average absolute difference should be calculated. I propose to add the same to the pandas function.

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jrebackcommented, Nov 8, 2017

i would be ok with deprecating .mad() entirely

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tinksumecommented, Aug 17, 2019

I am working on this as part of Walmart PandasHack

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