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Mean is slang for excellent, skilful, wonderful.
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Mean
Mean is slang for excellent, skilful, wonderful.
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Mean
The expected value of a random variable.
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The arithmetical average of a collection of numbers; the center of a Gaussian distribution.
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The arithmetic average of the values of an economic or statistical variable. For a variable x with values xi, i=1,â€¦,n, the mean is mean(x) = Si=1â€¦n(xi/n).
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Is often considered as the simple arithmetic average of the sum of the observed values divided by the number of observations. The simple unweighted mean of the listed four observations: 8,12, 10 and 14 is 11. This statistic is computed by (8+12+10+14=44) 44 divided by 4. The geometric mean of the sa...
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The arithmetic average.
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[Adjective] In maths the mean is the average of a set of numbers.
Example: The mean of 2, 4, 6 and 8 is 20. To find the mean add the numbers up, 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 = 20. Then divide the total by the amount of numbers, there are 4 numbers. 20 ï¿½ 4 = 5. The mean is 5.
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A statistical measure of central tendency, or average, based on dividing a total by the number of individual cases.
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[adj] - (slang) excellent 2. [adj] - used of persons or behavior 3. [n] - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n 4. [v] - have a specified degree of importance 5. [v] - mean or intend to express or convey 6. [...
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Mean
the arithmetic average of a series of numbers
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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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Mean
The average of a series of values.
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Mean
A typical value from a score distribution. The colloquially-named average is the most commonly encountered, known technically as the (arithmetic) mean. Standard-aged scores are scaled so that an average child at each age will get a score of 100.
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Mean
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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Mean
Arithmetical average calculated by summing numerical values across a list of items and dividing the sum by the number of items on the list.
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Mean
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Mean
The average of a set of values.
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The average, between the extremes. The sum of all values in the data, divided by the number of values. This is the sample mean, a value we can actually measure and compute, which approximates the population mean which we generally cannot measure. But we do expect the population mean to be within 'a ...
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Mean
A descriptive statistic used as a measure of central tendency. All scores in a set of scores are added together and divided by the number of subjects
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An average value, calculated by adding all the observations and dividing by the number of observations.
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The number found by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of addends; see also average
Example:
74, 91, 63, 92, 85

The mean is 81.
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Mean
Mean (mēn) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Meant (mĕnt); present participle & verbal noun Meaning .] [ Middle English menen , Anglo-Saxon mǣnan...
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Mean intransitive verb To have a purpose or intention. [ Rare, except in the phrase to mean well, or ill.] Shak.
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Mean (mēn) adjective [ Compar. Meaner (mēn'ẽr); superl. Meanest .] [ Middle English mene , Anglo-Saxon mǣne wicked; akin to mān , adj...
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