expected value

English

Noun

expected value (countable and uncountable, plural expected values)

1. (probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.

Synonyms

• mathematical expectation

Coordinate terms

• mean

Translations

weighted average of outcomes

• Czech: střední hodnota f
• Danish: forventningsværdi c
• Dutch: verwachtingswaarde (nl) f
• Finnish: odotusarvo (fi)
• French: espérance mathématique f, espérance (fr) f
• German: Erwartungswert m
• Hebrew: תּוֹחֶלֶת (he) f (toẖélet)
• Icelandic: væntanlegt gildi n, væntigildi n, meðalgildi n
• Italian: valore atteso m
• Mongolian: математик дундаж (matematik dundaž)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forventningsverdi (no) m

• Polish: wartość oczekiwana f
• Russian: математи́ческое ожида́ние (ru) n (matematíčeskoje ožidánije)
• Spanish: esperanza matemática f, esperanza (es) f, valor esperado m
• Swedish: väntevärde n