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>Median is an average and usually the most relevant average, in the cases where you don't have a distribution where the main averages (median, arithmetic mean,
by hnburnsy 5y ago
>Median is an average and usually the most relevant average, in the cases where you don't have a distribution where the main averages (median, arithmetic mean, and mode) are all the same.
Huh?
I can assure you Apple can darn well calculate the median and average salary for its employees.
- wenc 5y agoI think OP meant that the mean is a type of “average”. In casual speech we equate “mean” to “average” but the word average actually denotes a class of central tendencies that include the mean, median etc. Yes it’s a semantic point but just wanted to provide some context.