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MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
DEF

The mean value of single observations drawn from a finite or infinite universe in repeated samplings.

OBS

expectation: if F(x) is the distribution function of a variate X, the expected value of a quantity t depending on X is ... the average or mean value of t over the distribution of x.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
CONT

Le moment d'ordre 1 de X s'appelle valeur moyenne, espérance mathématique, ou espérance, de la variable aléatoire X et se note E(X).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
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