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---
title: eval_observables
description: API reference for qiskit.algorithms.eval_observables
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python_api_type: function
python_api_name: qiskit.algorithms.eval_observables
---
# qiskit.algorithms.eval\_observables
<Function id="qiskit.algorithms.eval_observables" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.20/qiskit/algorithms/aux_ops_evaluator.py" signature="eval_observables(quantum_instance, quantum_state, observables, expectation, threshold=1e-12)">
Accepts a list or a dictionary of operators and calculates their expectation values - means and standard deviations. They are calculated with respect to a quantum state provided. A user can optionally provide a threshold value which filters mean values falling below the threshold.
**Parameters**
* **quantum\_instance** (`Union`\[`QuantumInstance`, `BaseBackend`, `Backend`]) A quantum instance used for calculations.
* **quantum\_state** (`Union`\[`Statevector`, `QuantumCircuit`, `OperatorBase`]) An unparametrized quantum circuit representing a quantum state that expectation values are computed against.
* **observables** (`Union`\[`List`\[`Optional`\[`OperatorBase`]], `Dict`\[`str`, `OperatorBase`]]) A list or a dictionary of operators whose expectation values are to be calculated.
* **expectation** (`ExpectationBase`) An instance of ExpectationBase which defines a method for calculating expectation values.
* **threshold** (`float`) A threshold value that defines which mean values should be neglected (helpful for ignoring numerical instabilities close to 0).
**Return type**
`Union`\[`List`\[`Optional`\[`Tuple`\[`complex`, `complex`]]], `Dict`\[`str`, `Tuple`\[`complex`, `complex`]]]
**Returns**
A list or a dictionary of tuples (mean, standard deviation).
**Raises**
**ValueError** If a `quantum_state` with free parameters is provided.
</Function>