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The mathematical average of a data set. Both technical and fundamental analysts...
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Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
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Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.
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A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the nth root of the product of the n quantities being averaged.
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An average; intermediate or middle position in value, quantity, or degree. The "arithmetic mean" is a statistical measure derived by adding a set of values and dividing the total by the number of values.
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A measure of central tendency. The arithmetic average which is computed by adding all the individual values in the group and dividing by the number of values in the group.
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The mean is simply the total (of a data set's values) divided by the the total number of values . It measures the middle of the data in a center of gravity sense and is essentially the point at which the histogram of the data set would balance. Its descriptive role is quite analogous to that of the mean of a random variable, used in describing its probability law.
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The average of a series of observations or measurements. The expected value of a statistical distribution.
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The sum of a list of numbers, divided by the total number of numbers in the list. Also called arithmetic mean.
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In statistics, calculated by adding together all of the data values and dividing this sum by the total number of data values.
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he average of a set of numerical data; the sum of a set of numerical data divided by the number of items in the set (see also measures of central tendency)
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The sum of all items divided by the number of items. Also referred to as "average".
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is the measure of central tendency; also called the 'average'. It is calculated by the sum of the data points divided by the number of data points.
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the average of a set of numbers, determined by adding all the values and dividing by the number of values.
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being near the average; occupying a middle position
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A mean or average value over a stated period is the arithmetic mean. This is obtained by totalling the individual values and then dividing this total by the number of values. The mean of an element for a particular month is obtained by totalling all the values of that element for that month over the period of record and dividing by the number of values.
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A mathematical term; to find the mean is to order the numbers used from least to greatest, and then take the middlemost number. It is not the average.
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An average, one of several that summarise the typical value of a set of data. The mean is the grand total divided by the number of data points.
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Arithmetic average of a set of scores; a measure of central tendency
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In a data set, the sum of all the data points, divided by the number of data points; average.
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having an intermediate value between two extremes, the average
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The sum of a set of values divided by the number of values summed. Commonly called "average," "mean" is a more specific term and is used to ensure its differentiation from "mode" and "median," other terms with similar, but somewhat different meanings. See text, Chapter 13. See also, "standard deviation."
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The simple average for a population characteristic is the sum of all the values in a population divided by the size of the population. For this report, population means are estimated by computing the weighted sum of the sample values, then dividing by the sum of the sample weights. For example, “Mean Hours per Week” is the weighted sum of the number of operating hours divided by the weighted sum of the number of buildings; “Mean Square Feet per Building” is the weighted sum of the total square feet divided by the weighted sum of the number of buildings; and “Mean Square Feet per Worker” is the weighted sum of the total square feet divided by the weighted sum of the total number of main shift workers. (See Weight.)
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Average. The sum of all the values in a group, divided by the number in the group.
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the arithmetic mean, or means, of a set of measurements is the sum of the measurements divided by the total number of measurements.
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The arithmetical average of a collection of numbers; the center of a Gaussian distribution.
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A simple average value of a set of data.
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The average value of all the available numbers is also called the mean. The mean is often used as an example of the standard or norm.
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the average of your sample, computed by taking the sum of the individual scores and dividing them by the total number of individuals (sample size, "n").
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average of a series of values
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The average of a set of numeric values, as calculated by summing the individual values and dividing by the number of values in the set.
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The most commonly used descriptive statistic, it tells us the average of a set of values. See also standard deviation, statistical analysis.
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Represents the annualized average monthly return from which the standard deviation is calculated.
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A more technical term for average.
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The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum by the number of values.
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One of several statistics that describe the central tendency in a group. Other measures of central tendency include the median and the mode. The mean is simply the average of all the measures; the average is the sum of all measures divided by the number of these measures. The presence of a few extreme values can result in a mean that is not a good description of the central tendency of the group as a whole.
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(3) A typical or middle value for a set of numbers. It is found by adding the numbers in the set and then dividing the total by the number of values in the set. Example: 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 = 30; 30 ÷ 5 = 6; The mean is 6.
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The average of a collection of numbers, the mean of a population is represented by m and represents the mean of a sample.
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the sum of the values of all observations or data points divided by the number of observations, an arithmetical average
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A way of finding the 'middle' of a set of data; the ordinary or 'arithmetic' meanis found by adding up all the values and dividing the total by the number of values.
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A measure of central tendency of a set of data. It is calculated by dividing the sum of the values of the data points by the number of those data points.
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See measure of central tendency.
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a type of average; the result of a sum of a group of numbers being divided by the number of members in the group.
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The average of a set of data. It is calculated by finding the sum of all the numbers in the set and then dividing the sum by the number of data.
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the average obtained by adding together the sum of the values and dividing by the number of values.
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The average value calculated by taking the sum of all values and dividing by the total number of values.
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a type of average. The arithmetic mean is the sum of quantities divided by the number of them: for example, the arithmetic mean of 5, 6, 14, 15 and 45 is (5 + 6 + 14 + 15 + 45) ÷ 5 = 17.
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the sum of the measures in a distribution divided by the number of measures; the average.
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Arithmetic average. The total is divided by the number of scores. Extreme scores (those that are very high or very low) can skew the mean. When a mean is skewed, it does not accurately show the "true" mean of a set of scores. Also see central tendency, distribution.
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The average value of the data in a time series.
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(arithmetic mean): Average value in a set of numbers – total of all values divided by the number of observations. [See also median, mode
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(average) - Obtained by adding all the observed values together and dividing by the total number of observed values.
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an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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an average, or the sum of the observations divided by the number of observations
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also called arithmetic mean or average(of a variable in a data set) The number obtained by adding up all values for all the individuals and dividing by the number of individuals. (of a distribution) The number obtained by summing, over all possible values, the product of each value with its probability. For a continuous distribution the summation is replaced by an integral. (of a random variable) a synonym for expectation.
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In a collection of data, the sum of all the data divided by the number of data.
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The average value of a population. This value is often symbolized by the Greek letter mu, . It also means the average value of a sample, in which case the symbol M is used. The sample mean is most often a good estimate of the population mean.
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obtained by adding all scores and dividing by total count. Also called average.
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The average score within a distribution.
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The arithmetic mean value of the posterior probability distribution for the parameter of interest.
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(noun) The average of a set of numbers, computed by adding all members of a set together and dividing that sum by the total number of set members. Example: For the four element set {2,5,3,4} the mean is computed by dividing the sum of the set elements 2+5+3+4=14 by the number of elements in the set 4. Thus the mean of the set {2,5,3,4} = 14/4 = 3.5. See also median.
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average throughout life; HID's are rated in mean lumens.
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The sum of the values in a data set divided by the number of values in the data set.
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The number found by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of addends.
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Sum of all items in a group, divided by the number of items in the group.
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A value derived by adding several qualities and dividing the sum by the number of these quantities.
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