Ronnie Hinson has penned the lyrics to some of Southern Gospel music's greatest songs. The Lighthouse is one such song that has indeed stood the test of times. It bears testimony to the power of God's Holy Spirit and His Word to lead wayward souls to the safe harbor of Christ's Grace.
The average absolute deviation (or mean absolute deviation) of a data set is the average of the absolute deviations from a central point. It is a summary statistic of statistical dispersion or variability.
The mean absolute deviation is the average of the positive distances of each point from the mean. The larger the MAD, the greater variability there is in the data (the data is more spread out). The MAD helps determine whether the set's mean is a useful indicator of the values within the set.