The simple definition of a mean is that of a numeric quantity which represents the center of a collection of numbers. Here the trick lies in defining the exact type of numeric collection, as beyond… ...

Scholars often consider the arithmetic mean as the only mean available. This gives rise to several mistakes. Thus, in a first course in statistics, it is necessary to introduce them to a more general ...

Somewhere back in your middle school and high school math classes, you no doubt learned about the mean and standard deviation as fairly fundamental concepts in arithmetic and statistics. You also ...