expected value

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If they could have played the game a thousand times then deciding what to do would have been easier: Keep playing unless the banker’s offer is better than the expected value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

But for Dyne, Matteis believes the deal for Avidity is “highly validating,” as it corroborates the expected value of muscle-delivery technology and the attractiveness of the markets for even rare diseases like DMD.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

He said customers wanted to see investment and improvements to services, but also expected "value for money and to be treated fairly".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

This week, police in Pennsylvania even reported 100,000 eggs were stolen from a distributor with an expected value of $40,000.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

The expected value of a quantity is simply the average of its values weighted according to their probabilities.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos