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minus-squareSuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoAverages don’t always* work like that. In a lot of real world cases, that statement is accurate enough. When we are doing average wealth then yea, the numbers will be skewed a lot, but something like height would likely have similar mean and median.
minus-squaresqgl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months agoAverage ≠ mean necessarily
minus-squareSuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoBut it does in this context no? We are talking arithmetic here
minus-squaresqgl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoNo. There are various ways to calculate the average: mean, median, mode etc
minus-squareSuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoInteresting, but the way the average function works in something like excel is mean?
minus-squaresqgl@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes. They didn’t use the word mean because it confuses non technical users.
Averages don’t always* work like that. In a lot of real world cases, that statement is accurate enough. When we are doing average wealth then yea, the numbers will be skewed a lot, but something like height would likely have similar mean and median.
Average ≠ mean necessarily
But it does in this context no? We are talking arithmetic here
No. There are various ways to calculate the average: mean, median, mode etc
Interesting, but the way the average function works in something like excel is mean?
Yes. They didn’t use the word mean because it confuses non technical users.