expected value
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The majority of poll respondents chose the guaranteed money over the superior expected-value risk, suggesting that they aren’t evaluating the decision solely through the lens of expected value.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Baron said he thinks SpaceX valuation is heading much higher from the expected value of close to $2 trillion at the IPO.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
"For me, making an accurate measurement is a way of bringing order to the universe, whether or not the number agrees with the expected value," he added.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
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
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
