Mean (Noun)
Meaning
An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The mean of the test scores is the sum of all scores divided by the total number of students.
- To find the population mean, researchers typically calculate the total of all values and divide it by the total number of individuals in the population.
- Calculating the sample mean involves summing the values of each data point and then dividing by the number of data points in the sample.
- The mean serves as a useful summary statistic and is often used to describe the central tendency of a data set.
- To calculate the weighted mean, each value is multiplied by a corresponding weight before they are added and then divided by the sum of all weights.