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Indonesian
Etymology
Full reduplication of rata.
Noun
rata-rata (first-person possessive rata-rataku, second-person possessive rata-ratamu, third-person possessive rata-ratanya)
- average:
- (statistics) any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
- Hyponyms: rata-rata hitung, rata-rata pertengahan
- (mathematics) the arithmetic mean.
- Synonym: rerata aritmetika
- (statistics) mean:
- Synonyms: nilai tengah, pukul rata, rata-rata hitung, rerata
- the average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
- any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
Further reading
- “rata-rata” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
- Barizi, K.M. Hasibuan, Bambang Sumantri, Oerip Santoso, Hudaya Kandahjaya (1984) Kamus Istilah Statistik [Statistical terms dictionary] (in Indonesian), page 325