"sample mean" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sample means [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sample mean (plural sample means)
  1. (statistics) Given a random sample mathbf x₁,…, mathbf x_N from an n-dimensional random variable mathbf X, a mean defined as Related terms: population mean Translations (mean): výběrový průměr [masculine] (Czech), otoskeskiarvo (Finnish)

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