Arithmetic Mean (average)

The Arithmetic Mean (average) calculator computes the arithmetic mean (a.k.a simple average) for a set of comma separated number values (`X_i`). The mean or average is one of the most widely used statistical calculations used to compute common things like average age, average height, average income, average time elapsed, average weight, etc.

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Inputs

Enter the following:

• `X_i`: This is the set of comma-separated numeric values (e.g. 4.78,-1.2,8,9.901 )

You can copy and paste in the list of comma-separated values.

The Math 

The  calculator returns the arithmetic mean for the entered values. This mean is the sum of all the input values (`X_i`) divided by the number of input values.

See Also 

• To compute the observation statistics for a set including min, max, mean, mid-point, median, count, population and sample variance and standard deviation, CLICK HERE.
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