"population mean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: population means [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} population mean (plural population means)
  1. (statistics) The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean. Wikipedia link: population mean Categories (topical): Statistics Related terms: sample mean Translations (mean of all members of a population): populační průměr [masculine] (Czech), perusjoukon keskiarvo (Finnish), populaation keskiarvo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-population_mean-en-noun-UcsL8e-s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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