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Weighted average

An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings.

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    An arithmetic mean of values biased according to agreed weightings.

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weighted meannoun(arithmetic) An average calculated after biasing values according to agreed weightings.
arithmetic averagenoun(statistics) The arithmetic mean.
averagingverbThe process of computing an average.
meannoun(now chiefly in the plural form means, also in a singular sense) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
averagenoun(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
averagernounA system or process for computing averages.
moving averagenoun(statistics) A weighted average that is determined for a given data point based on its value and the past values.
arithmetic meannoun(statistics, probability) The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number.
alligation medialnounThe process of determining a weighted mean.
expectationnounThe act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
mean proportionalnounThe geometric mean.
arithmetic-geometric meannoun(mathematics) A mean of two numbers which is the common limit of a pair of sequences, whose terms are defined by taking the arithmetic and geometric means of the previous pair of terms.
mean squarenounThe average of the squares of a set of numbers.
biweightnoun(mathematics) Any of various weighted means
absolute meannoun(mathematics) The mean of the absolute magnitude of a function that has both positive and negative values.
contraharmonic meannoun(mathematics) A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, i.e. C=(x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²)/n/(x_1+x_2+...+x_n)/norC(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)=x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/x_1+x_2+...+x_n
whitenizationnounThe process, or the result, of whitenizing.
harmonic meannoun(mathematics) A type of measure of central tendency calculated as the reciprocal of the mean of the reciprocals, i.e., H=n/1/x_1+1/x_2+⋯+1/x_n.
semimeannoun(statistics) The result obtained by taking either the largest or smallest half of the values and calculating the mean.
equivalisationnoun(economics) The estimation of a representative income of a household from a weighted average of those of its members.

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