Talk:Arithmetic mean

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I removed this:

(When used as a noun, the word "arithmetic" is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable, but when used in the present sense, as an adjective, the accent is on the third syllable: "arithMETic".)

This just seems inappropriate to me, and even condescending, but if anybody else wants to put it back, feel free.

I put it back, but at the end.

[edit] Suggest 2 possible wiki links and 9 possible backlinks for Arithmetic mean.

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• Can link horizontal bar: ...of a population. We use the name of the variable, X, with a horizontal bar over it as the symbol ("X bar") for a sample mean. Both are...
• Can link Redmond, Washington: ...]]s. For instance, reporting the "average" annual income in Redmond, Washington as the arithmetic mean of all annual incomes would yield a ...

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• In Cauchy distribution, can backlink sample mean: ...riables, each with a standard Cauchy distribution, then the sample mean (''X''₁ + ... + ''X''_''n'')/''n'' has...
• In Skewness, can backlink sample mean: ...re σ is the sample standard deviation and μ is the sample mean....
• In Lexington, Kentucky, can backlink mean average: ...wspaper: [[Lexington Herald-Leader]] === Climate === The mean average temperature in Lexington is 54.9 °F (13 °C). Annual precipi...
• In PILOT, can backlink arithmetic mean: ...:''' Compute and assign numeric value. Example: R:Assign arithmetic mean of #X and #Y to #AM...
• In Log-normal distribution, can backlink arithmetic mean: ...e used to estimate confidence intervals akin to the way the arithmetic mean and...
• In Anomaly time series, can backlink arithmetic mean: ...cycle of some variable is to be subtracted. Instead of the arithmetic mean, other indicators of [[locality]] may also be used, such as...
• In Errors and residuals in statistics, can backlink sample mean: ... :<math>X_1, \dots, X_n\sim N( u,\sigma^2)</math> and the sample mean is a random variable distributed thus:...
• In Cochran's theorem, can backlink sample mean: ... and 1 degree of freedom respectively. This shows that the sample mean and sample variance are independent; also...
• In Ancillary statistic, can backlink sample mean: ...<math>\overline{X}_n=(X_1+\,\cdots\,+X_n)/n</math> :be the sample mean. The [[random variable]]...

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Feedback: I like it, I hate it, Please don't link to — LinkBot 11:27, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I took care of them! --ZeroOne 18:39, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Notation

Is there any simple (i.e. not summation) way to denote a mean of a, b, and c within an expression? The best I know of is: average (a,b,c), which doesn’t even seem half-decent. Would µ or x̅ be used in place of “'average”? (Should µ be italicized in the article?) —Frungi 07:38, 11 February 2006 (UTC)