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# scikits.statsmodels.family.family.Gaussian.deviance

`Gaussian.``deviance`(Y, mu, scale=1.0)

  Gaussian deviance function

  Parameters: | Y : array-like Endogenous response variable mu : array-like Fitted mean response variable scale : float, optional An optional scale argument
  Returns: | deviance : float The deviance function at (Y,mu) as defined below.

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