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# scikits.statsmodels.robust.scale.mad

`scikits.statsmodels.robust.scale.``mad`(a, c=0.67448975019608171, axis=0)

  The Median Absolute Deviation along given axis of an array

  Parameters: | a : array-like Input array. c : float, optional The normalization constant. Defined as scipy.stats.norm.ppf(3/4.), which is approximately .6745. axis : int, optional The defaul is 0.
  Returns: | mad : float mad = median(abs(a))/c

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