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# pandas.Panel.mad

`Panel.``mad`(axis=None, skipna=None, level=None, **kwargs)

  Return the mean absolute deviation of the values for the requested axis

  Parameters : | axis : {items (0), major_axis (1), minor_axis (2)} skipna : boolean, default True Exclude NA/null values. If an entire row/column is NA, the result will be NA level : int or level name, default None If the axis is a MultiIndex (hierarchical), count along a particular level, collapsing into a DataFrame numeric_only : boolean, default None Include only float, int, boolean data. If None, will attempt to use everything, then use only numeric data
  Returns : | mad : DataFrame or Panel (if level specified)

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