averaging
Finding the middle
Averaging is finding the mean of a set of numbers—adding them together and dividing by how many there are.
The term extends to any process of finding a typical or central value: Averaging across all participants, the treatment showed modest improvement.
In finance, averaging down means buying more shares as a price falls to reduce your average cost per share.
Average, or spiteful
- medianCentral sorted value
- modeWay or method
- varianceSpread around the mean
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
quartile · outlier · dispersion · skewness · histogram
Determine by calculation
- sumAddition's result
- totalComplete sum
- divideSeparate into parts
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
algorithm · result · formula · spreadsheet · aggregate · tally · tabulate · arithmetic
Avoidance of excess
- equilibriumState of balance
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- equalizingMaking uniform or level
- offsettingCounteracting with equivalence
counterbalancing · mediocrity · middling · unremarkable · ordinary · typical · representative
Estimating between known values
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- regressionReturn to former state
damping · attenuation · gradient · transition · feathering · anti-aliasing · convolution · kernel
mean
Average, or spiteful
percentile · quartile · outlier · dispersion · skewness · histogram
compute
Determine by calculation
addition · algorithm · result · formula · spreadsheet · aggregate · tally · tabulate · arithmetic · quotient
moderation
Avoidance of excess
- equilibriumState of balance
- levelingMaking flat or equal
- equalizingMaking uniform or level
offsetting · counterbalancing · mediocrity · middling · unremarkable · ordinary · typical · representative
interpolation
Estimating between known values
- blendingCombining into uniformity
- homogenizationMaking things the same
- filteringSelective passage of elements
regression · damping · attenuation · gradient · transition · feathering · anti-aliasing · convolution · kernel · downsampling
standardization
Implementing uniform technical specifications
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- baselineStandard for comparison
benchmark · adjustment · weighting · grading · rating · scoring · indexing · centering · z-score · curve
slugging
Hitting with force
- tree ensemblesdecision tree, decision trees, ensemble, bagging, boosting
- calculationsaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- data privacydata privacy, GDPR, personal data, data protection, de-identification
- business mathmarkup, markdown, discount, profit, margin
- data analysisstatistics, analysis, analytics, conclusions, mean
- number crunchingcalculation, computing, figuring, reckoning, summing
averagingitemizing
Listing things individually
disaggregating · individualizing · differentiating · particularizing · separating
averagingexcelling
Performing exceptionally well
outstanding · failing · extremes · peaking · bottoming out
- averaging outReaching a middle value
- dollar-cost averagingFixed periodic investment method
- averaging downBuying more to lower basis
- dollar cost averagingFixed periodic investment strategy