expected value

Questions about expected value

What is another word for expected value?

It depends which expected value you mean. In the sense “the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values”, the synonyms are arithmetic mean, first moment, expectation. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of expected value?

WordNet records no antonym for expected value. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for expected value come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of expected value

• Full entry for expected valueAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for expected valueWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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