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Group: Statistical Data Analysis
Topic: Basic Statistics
See also: median sum var

Function: mean
Description: mean computes the mean of the elements of an array regarding a given dimension.

Usage: z = mean (x {,j})
Input:
x d1 x d2 x .. x dn array
j integer (number of dimension, default = 1)
Output:
z d1 x d2 x .. x d(j-1) x 1 x d(j+1) x .. x dn array

Example:
randomize(0)
x = uniform(2, 4)
mean(x,2)

Result:
Contents of mean



[1,] 0.13953

[2,] 0.31505



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