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Astonishing (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (6 children)

This cracks me up because it is often said with such confidence, but it is just wrong.

If you have 10 people, 8 have an intelligence score of 1, 1 has a score of 5 and 1 has a score of 10. The average is 2.3 which means that 80% of the people are below average.

The median is the only thing that is going to guarantee 50%.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    People who don't know that average can be mean, median or mode depending on the context crack me up.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Average is the mean, not median or mode. This doesn't change on context. Average is always mean.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    No. 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

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    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.

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