Arithmetic Mean Software Function

An Arithmetic Mean Software Function is a arithmetic mean function that is a numeric software function.

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• Example(s):
  • a Python-based Arithmetic Mean, such as statistics.mean().
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Formal Arithmetic Mean Function, such as one represented as [math]\displaystyle{ f(X) = (a_i + … + a_n) / n }[/math].
  • a Harmonic Mean Software Function.
  • a Geometric Mean Software Function.
• See: Statistic Function.

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References

2017

• https://docs.python.org/3/library/statistics.html#statistics.mean
  • QUOTE: statistics.mean(data)
    • Return the sample arithmetic mean of data which can be a sequence or iterator.

      The arithmetic mean is the sum of the data divided by the number of data points. It is commonly called “the average”, although it is only one of many different mathematical averages. It is a measure of the central location of the data.

      If data is empty, StatisticsError will be raised.

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