Calculate Mean absolute Deviation

Hi,

I am trying to use an statistical formula. I tried in excel, but I get different values when I use calculator.

The formula is
(1/n) |x - mean|
n=no. of observations
x=each individual expression value
mean is median of all observations

I have a file with 1000 rows.. So it needs to calculate the MAD for each row..

input:

12.8165	12.86361	12.65535	12.75554	12.88999	13.12837	13.05147	13.18671	13.2494	13.2906	13.16096	13.04806	12.49505	13.27213	13.13943
12.93171	13.41074	12.16979	13.01464	13.10369	13.78584	13.36401	13.3254	13.20534	13.16263	13.32761	13.27332	13.39617	13.44481	13.3401

I want to give it a try in awk

Thanks,

What formula did you use in Excel?

Did you try using AVEDEV