moving average
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type of statistical measure over subsets of a dataset
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Encyclopedic overview
Smoothing of a noisy sine (blue curve) with a moving average (red curve).
In statistics, a moving average (rolling average or running average or moving mean or rolling mean) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different selections of the full data set. Variations include: simple, cumulative, or weighted forms.
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