expectation

Examples

• All

• To find the expectation of this experiment, we need to sum the outcomes and divide by the total number of trials.

• The expectation of the survey results was determined by averaging the scores of each participant.

• This way, the expectation level goes down.

  Role Models (2008)

• Sometimes our expectations are betrayed by the numbers.

  A Beautiful Mind (2001)

• Over the next twenty years, other states would expand their expectations of mothers to earn.

  Academic text (1995)

• The consumer may form an expectation of the payoff of an investment.

  Academic text (1991)

• Individual teaching efficacy is the situation-specific expectation that the teacher can help students.

  Academic text (1995)

• Like the railroad trainees, the Foundation associates had no expectation of compensation.

  Academic text (2017)

• Long-run growth expectations for financial assets need to be anchored in reasonable growth expectations for the overall economy.

  Academic text (2017)

• New programs in Women's Studies are established in the open expectation that they will be academic manifestations of feminism.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

A

average

vsexpectation

739 1.3

The usual level of something, often shown by a number

is the probabilistic mean calculated for random variables using distribution info

M

mean

vsexpectation

• Specialized

37 5.1

Having the average value for a set of numbers

is the probabilistic central value for random variables in statistics

E

expected value

vsexpectation

• Specialized

2 6.6

You find the average result you expect by adding each possible outcome times its chance

uses a simple unweighted division by number, not probability weights

F

first moment

vsexpectation

• Specialized

1 7.2

The average of a set of numbers that you get by adding them and dividing by how many there are

is used for random variables in probability instead of basic sample averages

M

mean value

vsexpectation

• Specialized

1 3.4

The average of numbers found by adding them and dividing by how many there are

applies to random variables with probability considerations rather than simple functions

A

arithmetic mean

vsexpectation

• Specialized

1 3.0

A number you get when you add numbers and divide by how many numbers there are

is used for random variables in probability rather than simple data sets

Compounds

U

unrealistic expectation

8 4.6

A belief about the future that is not likely to happen

C

cautious expectation

6.3

Hope mixed with careful doubt about what will happen

A

air of expectation

4.8

A quiet, excited feeling in a place where people wait for something

T

thumbscrew of expectation

• Informal

9.9

Strong pressure you feel because other people want you to do well

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology