what is mean?

Answer 1

Mean the average
Mode most often
Range subtract the smallest from the largest.
Median the middle number when they are lined up from the greatest to the least.

Examples:

Mean: if you had the number 10,10 you would add them up and get 20. Then divide by the number of how many you added(2).And the answer will be 10.

Mode: If you had the numbers 10,23,45,24,10 the mode will be the same number and that is 10.

Range:If you had the numbers 20,14,15,17,5,6 you will see what the smallest number and the biggest number is. 20 - 5 equals 15.

Median:If you had the numbers 10,12,14,13,11 you would line them up from greatest to the least. 10,11,12,13,14 and then see which number is in the middle and that is 12.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

In statistics, mean has two related meanings:

the average in ordinary English, which is also called the arithmetic mean (and is distinguished from the geometric mean or harmonic mean). The average is also called sample mean.
the expected value of a random variable, which is also called the population mean.
Sample mean is often used as an estimator of the central tendency such as the population mean. However, other estimators are also used.

For a real-valued random variable X, the mean is the expectation of X. If the expectation does not exist, then the random variable has no mean.

The mean is the arithmetic average of a set of values, or distribution; however, for skewed distributions, the mean is not necessarily the same as the middle value (median), or most likely (mode). For example, mean income is skewed upwards by a small number of people with very large incomes, so that the majority have an income lower than the mean. By contrast, the median income is the level at which half the population is below and half is above. The mode income is the most likely income, and favors the larger number of people with lower incomes. The median or mode are often more intuitive measures of such data.

That said, many skewed distributions are best described by their mean - such as the Exponential and Poisson distributions.

An example
An experiment yields the following data: 34,27,45,55,22,34 To get the arithmetic mean

How many items? There are 6. Therefore n=6
What is the sum of all items? It is 217.
To get the arithmetic mean divide the sum by n ; it is 36.1666667

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Answer 3

mean is the average number of all the numbers in a set.

For Example:

3 4 5 1 2 (add them up)

15/5 (divide by the amount of numbers there are in the set)

3 is the mean in your set of numbers

Answer 4

The average.

For example if the numbers were 5, 5.
You would add them all up so it would be 10.
Then divide it by the total number of numbers (2). I
The mean would be 5.

Answer 5

The mean is way of describing a group of numbers that can convey some sense of the group in a very simple way. Think of it as the average.

Answer 6

mean=(sum of individual terms )divided by(number of terms)
ex:mean of 1,2,3. is(1+2+3)/3 which is 2.

Answer 7

if it is related to maths
then it means the addition of all values given divided by no. of values

Answer 8

mean=evil

Answer 9

your big brother

seriously, the ARITHMETIC mean is the same as the average.

Answer 10

It depends on the context it is used.

mean1  /min/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[meen] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, meant, mean‧ing.

–verb (used with object) 1. to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work.
2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other.
3. to intend to express or indicate: What do you mean by “liberal”?
4. to have as its sense or signification; signify: The word “freedom” means many things to many people.
5. to bring, cause, or produce as a result: This bonus means that we can take a trip to Florida.
6. to have (certain intentions) toward a person: He didn't mean you any harm.
7. to have the value of; assume the importance of: Money means everything to them. She means the world to him.
–verb (used without object) 8. to be minded or disposed; have intentions: Beware, she means ill, despite her solicitous manner.
—Idiom9. mean well, to have good intentions; try to be kind or helpful: Her constant queries about your health must be tiresome, but I'm sure she means well.
mean2  /min/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[meen] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–adjective, -er, -est. 1. offensive, selfish, or unaccommodating; nasty; malicious: a mean remark; He gets mean when he doesn't get his way.
2. small-minded or ignoble: mean motives.
3. penurious, stingy, or miserly: a person who is mean about money.
4. inferior in grade, quality, or character: no mean reward.
5. low in status, rank, or dignity: mean servitors.
6. of little importance or consequence: mean little details.
7. unimposing or shabby: a mean abode.
8. small, humiliated, or ashamed: You should feel mean for being so stingy.
9. Informal. in poor physical condition.
10. troublesome or vicious; bad-tempered: a mean old horse.
11. Slang. skillful or impressive: He blows a mean trumpet.


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[Origin: bef. 900; ME mene, aph. var. (see y-) of imene, OE gemǣne; c. D gemeen, G gemein common, Goth gamains in common; cf. common]
mean3  /min/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[meen] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end: The telephone is a means of communication. There are several means of solving the problem.
2. means, a. available resources, esp. money: They lived beyond their means.
b. considerable financial resources; riches: a man of means.

3. something that is midway between two extremes; something intermediate: to seek a mean between cynicism and blind faith.
4. Mathematics. a. a quantity having a value intermediate between the values of other quantities; an average, esp. the arithmetic mean.
b. either the second or third term in a proportion of four terms.

5. Statistics. expected value. mathematical expectation (def. 2).
6. Logic. the middle term in a syllogism.
–adjective 7. occupying a middle position or an intermediate place, as in kind, quality, degree, or time: a mean speed; a mean course; the mean annual rainfall.
—Idioms8. by all means, a. (in emphasis) certainly: Go, by all means.
b. at any cost; without fail.

mean1 (mn) Pronunciation Key
v. meant, (mnt) mean·ing, means
v. tr.

To be used to convey; denote: “‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things’” (Lewis Carroll).
To act as a symbol of; signify or represent: In this poem, the budding flower means youth.
To intend to convey or indicate: “No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous” (Henry Adams).
To have as a purpose or an intention; intend: I meant to go running this morning, but I overslept.
To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end: a building that was meant for storage; a student who was meant to be a scientist.
To have as a consequence; bring about: Friction means heat.
To have the importance or value of: The opinions of the critics meant nothing to him. She meant so much to me.