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http://dx.doi.org/10.5351/KJAS.2020.33.4.357

A brief study on the geometric mean  

Yeo, In-Kwon (Department of Statistics, Sookmyung Women's University)
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The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics / v.33, no.4, 2020 , pp. 357-364 More about this Journal
Abstract
We review the characteristics of a geometric mean and statistical inferences based on geometric means. We also show that the statistical results obtained by the logarithmic transform and back-transformation are related to geometric means and explain how to interpret the results produced in this process.
Keywords
geometric mean; logarithmic transformation; exponential function;
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