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.
As the name suggests, the mean absolute error is an average of the absolute errors | | = | â |, where is the prediction and the true value. Note that alternative formulations may include relative frequencies as weight factors.