R: Fast implementation of the median absolute deviation

fastMAD {ccaPP} | R Documentation

## Fast implementation of the median absolute deviation

### Description

Compute the median absolute deviation with a fast C++ implementation. By default, a multiplication factor is applied for consistency at the normal model.

### Usage

    fastMAD(x, constant = 1.4826)

### Arguments

`x` | a numeric vector.
`constant` | a numeric multiplication factor. The default value yields consistency at the normal model.

### Value

A list with the following components:

`center` | a numeric value giving the sample median.
`MAD` | a numeric value giving the median absolute deviation.

### Note

Functionality for removing observations with missing values is currently not implemented.

### Author(s)

Andreas Alfons

### See Also

`fastMedian`, `mad`

### Examples

    set.seed(1234)  # for reproducibility
    x <- rnorm(100)
    fastMAD(x)

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