mean.grouped.data {actuar} | R Documentation |
Arithmetic Mean
Description
Mean of grouped data objects.
Usage
## S3 method for class 'grouped.data'
mean(x, ...)
Arguments
x |
an object of class |
... |
further arguments passed to or from other methods. |
Details
The mean of grouped data with group boundaries c_0, c_1, \dots,
c_r
and group frequencies n_1, \dots,
n_r
is
\frac{1}{n} \sum_{j = 1}^r a_j n_j,
where
a_j = (c_{j - 1} + c_j)/2
is the midpoint of the j
th interval, and
n = \sum_{j = 1}^r n_j
.
Value
A named vector of means.
Author(s)
Vincent Goulet vincent.goulet@act.ulaval.ca
References
Klugman, S. A., Panjer, H. H. and Willmot, G. E. (1998), Loss Models, From Data to Decisions, Wiley.
See Also
grouped.data
to create grouped data objects;
emm
to compute higher moments.
Examples
data(gdental)
mean(gdental)
[Package actuar version 3.3-4 Index]