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arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1imageAstonishingsh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square115fedilinkcross-posted to: technicallythetruth@lemmy.world
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoPeople who don’t know that average can be mean, median or mode depending on the context crack me up.
minus-squareDrDr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·10 months agoAverage is the mean, not median or mode. This doesn’t change on context. Average is always mean.
minus-squareSnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months ago Average is always mean. Just like the average person
minus-squarecandybrie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoNo. It’s not. a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values Source Depending on the context, the most representative statistic to be taken as the average might be another measure of central tendency, such as the mid-range, median, or mode. Source
People who don’t know that average can be mean, median or mode depending on the context crack me up.
Average is the mean, not median or mode. This doesn’t change on context. Average is always mean.
Just like the average person
No. It’s not.
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