arithmetic mean

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The term mean is a shortened form of arithmetic mean.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Formally the arithmetic mean is known as the first moment of the distribution.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The reason for this difference, 16 versus 23.6, is that the arithmetic mean is additive and thus does not account for the interest on the interest, compound interest, embedded in the investment growth process.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The term "mean" is a shortened form of "arithmetic mean."

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

For instance the median of the forty-five percentages on which Mr. Sauerbeck's index number is based was, for 1892, 66; while the arithmetic mean was 68.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur