arithmetic mean
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The reason for this difference, 16 versus 23.6, is that the arithmetic mean is additive and thus does not account for the interest on the interest, compound interest, embedded in the investment growth process.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
Formally the arithmetic mean is known as the first moment of the distribution.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
In the case of the arithmetic mean this is solved by finding the value from which all points are equal linear distances.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
The term "mean" is a shortened form of "arithmetic mean."
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
For instance the median of the forty-five percentages on which Mr. Sauerbeck's index number is based was, for 1892, 66; while the arithmetic mean was 68.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
