The average value of a set of scores obtained in a test or experiment. It is calculated by adding up all the scores and dividing by the total number of scores.
Related terms
Standard Deviation: A measure that indicates the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of data values. It shows how spread out the scores are from the mean.
Median: The middle value in an ordered list of numbers. It represents the middle score when arranged from lowest to highest.
Mode: The most frequently occurring value(s) in a dataset.