expected value

• enPR: ĭk-spĕkt′ĭd văl′yo͞o
• (Received Pronunciation, contemporary) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈval.juː/

  (Received Pronunciation, conservative) 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

expected value (countable and uncountable, plural expected values)

2. (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

• (mathematics) moment