expected value

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭk-spĕkt′ĭd văl′yo͞o (Received Pronunciation, contemporary) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈval.juː/ (Received Pronunciation, conservatism) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈvæl.juː/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈvæl.ju/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspekt.ɪd ˈvæl.jʉː/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /əkˈspekt.əd ˈvɛl.jʉː/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈval.jʉ/ (India) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛkʈ.ɪɖ ˈval.juː/ Hyphenation: ex‧pect‧ed val‧ue === Noun === expected value (countable and uncountable, plural expected values) (probability theory) The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function. Synonyms: expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, first moment Coordinate term: mean ==== Translations ==== === See also === (mathematics) moment