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Expectation
Published Online: 15 OCT 2005
DOI: 10.1002/0470013192.bsa208
Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title
Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science
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Walwyn, R. 2005. Expectation. Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science.
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Abstract
The expectation of a random variable with a particular probability distribution is its theoretical mean or average value. Expectations can also be calculated for functions of random variables.
Keywords:
- mean;
- random variable;
- probability distribution