average
Also known as normal, type of average
In mathematics, an average of a collection or group is a value that is most central, common, or typical in some sense, and represents its overall position. In mathematics, it most commonly refers to the arithmetic mean, but may also refer to other measures such as other types of mean, the median, or the mode.
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20 sectionsContents
- Definitions
- General properties
- Pythagorean means
- Statistical location
- Mode
- Median
- Mid-range
- Summary of types
- Miscellaneous types
- Average percentage return and CAGR
- Moving average
- History
- Origin
- Etymology
- Averages as a rhetorical tool
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In mathematics, an average of a collection or group is a value that is most central, common, or typical in some sense, and represents its overall position. In mathematics, it most commonly refers to the arithmetic mean, but may also refer to other measures such as other types of mean, the median, or the mode.
==Definitions== thumb|Four means of two numbers, a and b, constructed as chords on a semicircle