{
  "function": "AVEDEV",
  "software": "LibreOffice Calc",
  "guide": "/libreoffice/functions/avedev/",
  "review_date": "2026-10-12",
  "scope": "Selected example checks, not certification of every formula, error, locale or cross-application import/export.",
  "native_engine": "LibreOffice 25.2.3.2 520(Build:2)",
  "native_assertions": 4,
  "native_observations": 1,
  "native_cases": [
    {
      "id": "AVEDEV-1",
      "function": "AVEDEV",
      "source_path": "content/libreoffice/functions/avedev.md",
      "formula": "=AVEDEV(A2:A6)",
      "inputs": {
        "A2": 4,
        "A3": 8,
        "A4": 12,
        "A5": 16,
        "A6": 20,
        "A7": "note"
      },
      "expected": 4.8,
      "kind": "number",
      "actual": 4.8,
      "native_error": 0,
      "passed": true
    },
    {
      "id": "AVEDEV-2",
      "function": "AVEDEV",
      "source_path": "content/libreoffice/functions/avedev.md",
      "formula": "=AVEDEV(A2:A7)",
      "inputs": {
        "A2": 4,
        "A3": 8,
        "A4": 12,
        "A5": 16,
        "A6": 20,
        "A7": "note"
      },
      "expected": 4.8,
      "kind": "number",
      "actual": 4.8,
      "native_error": 0,
      "passed": true
    },
    {
      "id": "AVEDEV-3",
      "function": "AVEDEV",
      "source_path": "content/libreoffice/functions/avedev.md",
      "formula": "=AVEDEV(4;8;12;16;20)",
      "inputs": {
        "A2": 4,
        "A3": 8,
        "A4": 12,
        "A5": 16,
        "A6": 20,
        "A7": "note"
      },
      "expected": 4.8,
      "kind": "number",
      "actual": 4.8,
      "native_error": 0,
      "passed": true
    },
    {
      "id": "AVEDEV-4",
      "function": "AVEDEV",
      "source_path": "content/libreoffice/functions/avedev.md",
      "formula": "=AVEDEV(Z20:Z21)",
      "inputs": {},
      "kind": "observation",
      "initial_expected_error": 532,
      "observation_reason": "Empty input produced Calc error 503, not the initially assumed 532. Kept as an observation, not a corrected passing prediction.",
      "actual": {
        "error": 503,
        "text": "#NUM!",
        "value": 0.0
      },
      "native_error": 503,
      "passed": null
    },
    {
      "function": "AVEDEV",
      "formula": "=AVEDEV(5)",
      "expected": 0,
      "inputs": {},
      "kind": "number",
      "note": "Mean absolute deviation of a single observation is zero.",
      "actual": 0.0,
      "native_error": 0,
      "passed": true
    }
  ],
  "independent_model_cases": [],
  "documented_expected_results_not_native": false,
  "sources": [
    "https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/scalc/01/04060184.html"
  ]
}