Quantitative Concept
average
av·er·age [ av-er-ij, av-rij ]
Definitions related to average:
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A statistical calculation describing the central tendency of a set of numbers; used to interpret quantitative data.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Average of non-null values in the referenced set of valuesNCI Health Level 7 VocabularyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
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