law of averages

law of averages
a) The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.

... as they will not have sufficient distribution of risk to permit the law of averages to play its part and a severe total loss may ...

b) An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.

Second Law - The Law of Averages. Whenever something (such as throwing a die) can have more than one result, if all the possible results have an equal chance ...


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  • law of averages — noun a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑law of nature …   Useful english dictionary

  • law of averages — Date: 1874 the commonsense observation that probability influences everyday life so that over the long term the possible outcomes of a repeated event occur with specific frequencies …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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