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NHTSA uses the word average not median.

• ryeights 4y ago
  Median is an average.
  • aikendrum 4y ago
    In common use average refers to the mean.
    • sgtnoodle 4y ago
      In common use, average means "typical" or "central". There isn't one specific statistical meaning.
    • kgwgk 4y ago
      In this case it doesn’t.
• lukeschlather 4y ago
  NHTSA says 50th percentile: https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies
  • mythhouse 4y ago
    Ah Thanks. I was going off the image in the linked article https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62877930 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62877930
• sgtnoodle 4y ago
  Average can commonly refer to mean, median, or mode depending on context. It's good to use "mean" when precision is important.