averages — av·er·age || ævÉ™rɪdÊ’ n. mean, median adj. intermediate; regular, common v. have a mean of , have a median of … English contemporary dictionary
Law of averages — The law of averages is a lay term used to express a belief that outcomes of a random event shall even out within a small sample.As invoked in everyday life, the law usually reflects bad statistics or wishful thinking rather than any mathematical… … Wikipedia
Highest averages method — The highest averages method is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. The highest averages method requires the number of votes for each party to be divided successively by a series … Wikipedia
List of cricket batting averages — This is a list of Test and One Day International cricket batting averages.Career Test average leadersCurrent as of 16 June 2008 mdash; Qualification = 20 innings mdash; (1,879 Tests ndash; Source Cricinfo Statsguru).Top 20 retired Test batsmen{|… … Wikipedia
Tyranny of averages — The tyranny of averages is a phrase used to describe the often overlooked fact that the mean does not provide any information about the distribution of a data set or skewness, and that decisions or analysis based on this value as opposed to… … Wikipedia
(the) law of averages — the law of averages UK US noun the principle that if something with more than one possible result happens enough times, the result that you want is certain to happen at some time Thesaurus: averagessynonym cardinal numbershyponym * * * the ˌlaw… … Useful english dictionary
law of averages — noun a) The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers. ... as they will not have sufficient distribution of risk to permit the law of averages to … Wiktionary
Dow Jones averages — ➔ average2 … Financial and business terms
the law of averages — the idea or principle that something which can produce different results will produce those results in a regular or predictable way over a period of time I can t believe that team has lost 12 games in a row. The law of averages says that they sh … Useful english dictionary
law of averages — {n. phr.} The idea that you can t win all the time or lose all the time. * /The Celtics have won 10 games in a row but the law of averages will catch up with them soon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
law of averages — {n. phr.} The idea that you can t win all the time or lose all the time. * /The Celtics have won 10 games in a row but the law of averages will catch up with them soon./ … Dictionary of American idioms
