How Is the Mean Calculated? Under What Circumstances Do Researchers

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Essay

How is the mean calculated? Under what circumstances do researchers use the mean instead of the mode or the median?

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Definitions:

Foreign Exchange Market

A global marketplace for exchanging national currencies against one another.

Trade Deficit

A situation where a country's imports exceed its exports, resulting in a negative balance of trade.

Managed-Floating System

A foreign exchange policy whereby a country's central bank intervenes to control its currency value within certain limits, while still allowing the currency value to fluctuate in response to market forces.