sample mean

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Is it ethical to make health recommendations based on a sample mean when those off the regression curve might be harmed?

From Scientific American • May 20, 2023

The sample parameters are provided, the sample mean is 7.91 and the sample variance is .03 and the sample size is 35.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

The Greek letter μ is the symbol for the population mean and x– is the symbol for the sample mean.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

If this is discovered, then we can treat a sample mean just like any other observation and calculate probabilities about what values it might take on.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

For the total sample, mean clutch-size in May is 4.0 eggs, in June, 3.7 eggs, and in July, 3.3 eggs.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.