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  1. Which "mean" to use and when? - Cross Validated

    So we have arithmetic mean (AM), geometric mean (GM) and harmonic mean (HM). Their mathematical formulation is also well known along with their associated stereotypical …

  2. Why is Standard Deviation preferred over Absolute Deviations …

    Jan 7, 2025 · The mean is the number that minimizes the sum of squared deviations. Absolute mean deviation achieves point (1), and absolute median deviation achieves both points (1) …

  3. Mean absolute deviation vs. standard deviation - Cross Validated

    Jan 13, 2014 · After calculating the "sum of absolute deviations" or the "square root of the sum of squared deviations", you average them to get the "mean deviation" and the "standard …

  4. mean - "Averaging" variances - Cross Validated

    May 6, 2017 · I need to obtain some sort of "average" among a list of variances, but have trouble coming up with a reasonable solution. There is an interesting discussion about the differences …

  5. Standard Error vs. Standard Deviation of Sample Mean

    Remember that the sample mean $\bar x$ is itself a random variable. So the first formula tells you the standard deviation of the random variable $\bar x$ in terms of the standard deviation of the …

  6. What is the significance of 1 SD? - Cross Validated

    Nov 2, 2024 · What do you mean by "the derivative at 1 SD is +- 1"? Derivative of what? If you mean of a density plot, then what distribution? The normal? Different distributions will have …

  7. What is implied by standard deviation being much larger than the …

    What does it imply for standard deviation being more than twice the mean? Our data is timing data from event durations and so strictly positive. (Sometimes very small negatives show up …

  8. How to calculate `mean` and `sd` of lognormal distribution based …

    May 29, 2020 · Lognormal distribution as below: estimate meanlog 6.0515 sdlog 0.3703 How to calculate the mean and sd of this distribution?

  9. Can mean plus one standard deviation exceed maximum value?

    I have mean 74.10 and standard deviation 33.44 for a sample that has minimum 0 and maximum 94.33. My professor asks me how can mean plus one standard deviation exceed the maximum.

  10. sample size - When to use mean or median? - Cross Validated

    When the mean and the median are different, data distribution is said to be skewed. In the example you mentioned, the median (162) is larger than the mean (129), which means there …