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The distance between the average and the median is staggering. This should be why you always should be suspicious when someone uses an average as a good statist
by noobermin 8y ago
The distance between the average and the median is staggering. This should be why you always should be suspicious when someone uses an average as a good statistic for wealth or income in the US.
- Brybry 8y agoI assume you intend "mean" instead of "average". Mean, median, and mode are all averages and a lot of statistics actually refer to median when they say "average".
- noobermin 8y agoI suppose. That's why I referred to the median and average as a "statistic" and distinct, although that may be just the way I've been used to talking about it.
- leetcrew 8y agoreally? in my experience, people who even know the difference between "mean" and "median" always use "average" in the sense of "mean".