Quantitative Concept
mean
mean [ meen ]
Definitions related to statistical mean:
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(mean) A statistics term. The average value in a set of measurements. The mean is the sum of a set of numbers divided by how many numbers are in the set.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(mean) The sum of a set of values divided by the number of values in the set.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(mean) The sum of the values of all observations or data points divided by the number of observations; an arithmetical average.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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