Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

JEFF: Putter's under pressure, Janine. He needs to turn this around quick. JANINE: He sure does, Jeff. Let's look at how the other player scored on this hole. JEFF: Let’s start with the ‘mean’ score.

The mean is the most commonly used measure of average close. To calculate the mean, add the values together and divide the total by the number of values. If you place a set of numbers in order, the ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Microsoft Excel 2010 is designed to store numerical inputs and permit calculation on those numbers, making it an ideal program if you need to perform any numerical analysis such as computing the mean, ...

Averages are used all the time in finance, usually to justify performance (above average'). However, as an investor, youshould realise there are several ways to calculate an average.The three most ...