Types of Mean - AM,GM and HM
In this post we will see different types of mean ,their interrelation with each other and their interpretation...
Mean is of mainly three different types the first one is arithmetic mean (AM),second one is geometric mean(GM) and third one is harmonic mean(HM).
First we will see about the arithmetic mean.
Arithmetic mean (AM)
In mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean is nothing but mean,is the sum of collection of number divided by the count of numbers in collection..
Let us take an example,the set of values is 10,20,30
The arithmetic mean is 20.
This mean is mostly used to get rough idea or overview about data set.
Geometric mean(GM)
Geometric mean is type of average and is defined as"the n'th root of product of n numbers"
Geometric mean for 10,20,30 is 18.1712
Most important use of geometric mean is usually used in for growth rates like population growth rate.
Harmonic mean
Harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the average of reciprocals
Example-Harmonic mean for 10,20,30 is 16.3636
We can elucidate the relation mathematically as
AM>GM>HM(may be equal in some cases...)
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