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stats::mean -- the arithmetic mean

Introduction

stats::mean(data) returns the arithmetic mean of the data.

Call(s)

stats::mean(x1, x2, ..)
stats::mean([x1, x2, ..])
stats::mean(s <, c>)

Parameters

x1, x2, .. - the statistical data: arithmetical expressions.
s - a sample of domain type stats::sample.
c - an integer representing a column index of the sample s. This column provides the data x1, x2 etc.

Returns

an arithmetical expression.

Related Functions

stats::a_quantil, stats::geometric, stats::harmonic, stats::median, stats::modal, stats::quadratic, stats::stdev, stats::variance

Details

Example 1

We calculate the arithmetic mean of three values:

>> stats::mean(a, b, c)
   
                                 a   b   c
                                 - + - + -
                                 3   3   3
      

Alternatively, the data may be passed as a list:

>> stats::mean([2, 3, 5])
   
                                   10/3
      

Example 2

We create a sample:

>> stats::sample([[a1, b1, c1], [a2, b2, c2]])
   
                               a1  b1  c1
                               a2  b2  c2
      

The arithmetic mean of the second column is:

>> stats::mean(%, 2)
   
                                  b1   b2
                                  -- + --
                                  2    2
      

Example 3

We create a sample consisting of one string column and one non-string column:

>> stats::sample([["1996", 1242], ["1997", 1353], ["1998", 1142]])
   
                              "1996"  1242
                              "1997"  1353
                              "1998"  1142
      

We compute the harmonic mean of the second column. In this case this column does not have to be specified, since it is the only non-string column:

>> float(stats::mean(%))
   
                                1245.666667
      

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