better posted on r-sig-ecology? -- or maybe even stack exchange? Cheers, Bert
On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 7:45 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > A statistical question, not specific to R. > > I'm asking for a pointer for a source of definitive descriptions of what > types of data are best summarized by the arithmetic, geometric, and > harmonic > means. > > As an aquatic ecologist I see regulators apply the geometric mean to > geochemical concentrations rather than using the arithmetic mean. I want to > know whether the geometric mean of a set of chemical concentrations (e.g., > in mg/L) is an appropriate representation of the expected value. If not, I > want to explain this to non-technical decision-makers; if so, I want to > understand why my assumption is wrong. > > TIA, > > Rich > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.