simple average
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Bollinger bands consist of three lines: the middle band tracks a stock’s 20-day simple average, and the upper and lower bands are set two standard deviations away from the middle.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Once we had those three numbers for each of the starting Super Bowl quarterbacks, we averaged them together using the harmonic mean rather than a simple average.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2021
What statistics provides us beyond a simple average, or point estimate, is an estimate to which we can attach a probability of accuracy, what we will call a confidence level.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
Arrows show simple average of state polls conducted in the three weeks before Election Day in states with at least three polls, compared with the projected final election result.
From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2016
Commercial bank prime lending rate: This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit- worthy customers.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
