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geometric mean
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geometric mean
n.
The nth root, usually the positive nth root, of a product of n factors.

geometric mean
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(Mathematics) the average value of a set of n integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as the nth root of their product Compare arithmetic mean

geometric mean
The positive nth root of the product of a set of n numbers. For example, the geometric mean of 2 × 3 × 6 × 8 is the 4th root of 288, or approximately 4.12.
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Noun1.geometric mean - the mean of n numbers expressed as the n-th root of their product
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
mean, mean value - an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
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geometric mean nmedia geometrica
geometric mean nmedia geometrica


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Geometric means and geometric standard deviations were calculated when data were approximately lognormally distributed, as judged by ShapiroWilks tests and visual assessment.
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Geometric means and 95% CIs are back-transformed values from the logarithmically transformed data.
 
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