Grand mean

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The grand mean is the mean of the means of several subsamples. For example, consider several lots, each containing several items. The items from each lot are sampled for a measure of some variable and the means of the measurements from each lot are computed. The mean of the measures from each lot constitute the subsample mean. The mean of these subsample means is then the grand mean.