expected value

noun
1.
Statistics, Mathematics, mathematical expectation.
Origin
1945-50
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British Dictionary definitions for expected value

expected value

noun
1.
(statistics) the sum or integral of all possible values of a random variable, or any given function of it, multiplied by the respective probabilities of the values of the variable. Symbol: E(X). E(X) is the mean of the distribution; E(X–c) = E(X)–c where c is a constant Also called mathematical expectation