The mean value is the average of a group of numbers. All of the numbers in the group are first added all together. The sum of the number is then divided by however many numbers were in the group. The number that is arrived at is the mean value.
The use of mean values is widely used in compiling statistical information.
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The mean is the average value and the standard deviation is the variation from the mean value.
Residual point
For a population the mean and the expected value are just two names for the same thing. For a sample the mean is the same as the average and no expected value exists.
mean: average
z-score of a value=(that value minus the mean)/(standard deviation). So a z-score of -1.5 means that a value is 1.5 standard deviations below the mean.