`mean`

mean is a function that calculates the average of a vector of values.

Examples

How do I get the average of a vector of values?

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mean(c(1,2,3,4))

[1] 2.5

How do I get the average of the values in a vector when some of the values are: `NA`, `NaN`?

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Many R functions have the na.rm argument available. This argument is "a logical value indicating whether NA values should be stripped before the computation proceeds. (Citation)

mean(c(1,2,3,NaN), na.rm=T)

[1] 2

mean(c(1,2,3,NA), na.rm=T)

[1] 2

mean(c(1,2,NA,NaN,4), na.rm=T)

[1] 2.333333