In mathematics and statistics, the term arithmetic mean is preferred over simply mean because it helps to differentiate between other means such as geometric and harmonic mean. Statistical mean is the most common term for calculating the mean of a statistical distribution.
There were, in my opinion, two main reasons for this: 1  I believe that Dr. King believed that nonviolence was a more moral strategy than one that included violence. 2  King also believed that nonviolence was a more effective way to get people on the side of the protestors.
violence, non-cooperation and civil disobedience, which this study illustrates through the example of the civil rights movement. King, for example, eschewed from applying civil disobedience. Civil rights leaders did not also apply non-cooperation as practiced by Gandhi against British occupation.