| mean {base} | R Documentation |
Generic function for the (trimmed) arithmetic mean.
mean(x, ...) ## Default S3 method: mean(x, trim = 0, na.rm = FALSE, ...)
x |
An R object. Currently there are methods for numeric data
frames, numeric vectors and dates. A complex vector is allowed for
trim = 0, only. |
trim |
the fraction (0 to 0.5) of observations to be
trimmed from each end of x before the mean is computed. |
na.rm |
a logical value indicating whether NA
values should be stripped before the computation proceeds. |
... |
further arguments passed to or from other methods. |
For a data frame, a named vector with the appropriate method being
applied column by column.
If trim is zero (the default),
the arithmetic mean of the values in x is computed.
If trim is non-zero, a symmetrically trimmed mean is computed
with a fraction of trim observations deleted from each end
before the mean is computed.
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
x <- c(0:10, 50) xm <- mean(x) c(xm, mean(x, trim = 0.10)) mean(USArrests, trim = 0.2)