• DrDr@lemmy.world
    22·
    1 year ago

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

    • candybrie@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year 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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