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What is the purpose of finding the mean?

Updated: 9/20/2023
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Girlygirl1001

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Mean, in simple terms, is average that we learn before things like median and mode come about. Mean is just to find the number which can be used to substitute all the numbers into that one number for the same sum. For example, the mean of 0,0,3 is 1 (0+0+3=1+1+1). Rather than listening to a whole list of data, giving single numbers would save more time. After all, with the mean, you would be able to estimate the numbers. However, there is also standard deviation (for finding spread of numbers) that would be essential for the results.

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