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> "The United States has the highest average age of developers at 32 years old while the media age for the entire survey was 27." Why is the average of one thi
by Aardwolf 11y ago
> "The United States has the highest average age of developers at 32 years old while the media age for the entire survey was 27."
Why is the average of one thing compared with the median of another thing here?
- werencole 11y agoBecause the editor needs to learn how to use a full stop between sentences.
- colanderman 11y agoAverage can mean median: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average#Summary_of_types https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average#Summary_of_types
- Aardwolf 11y agoDoes it here? Also, pun intentional?
- colanderman 11y agoI don't know what the author intended, because "average" doesn't necessarily mean "mean", despite what some here seem to think.
- colanderman 11y agoMore proof, since some on HN seem to disagree with facts: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/average#Usage_notes https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/average#Usage_notes