scoringutils (version 1.2.2)

abs_error: Absolute Error

Description

Calculate absolute error as

$$ \textrm{abs}(\textrm{true\_value} - \textrm{median\_prediction}) $$

Usage

abs_error(true_values, predictions)

Value

vector with the absolute error

Arguments

true_values

A vector with the true observed values of size n

predictions

numeric vector with predictions, corresponding to the quantiles in a second vector, quantiles.

See Also

ae_median_sample(), ae_median_quantile()

Examples

true_values <- rnorm(30, mean = 1:30)
predicted_values <- rnorm(30, mean = 1:30)
abs_error(true_values, predicted_values)