begin quoting John H. Robinson, IV as of Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:39:03AM -0700: [snip] > You are simply confusing terms. That's all. It is very common. Average > does not always equal median. [snip] > http://www.stark.kent.edu/writing/review%2098-99/bodollo.htm > > Mean Median Mode Minimum Maximum Range Standard Standard Sample > Error Deviation Variance > 529 523 493 476 588 112 4.50 32.11 1030.88 > > Please note that Mean is Average. Please also note that Mean != Median.
I think of three things when I think of 'average': the mean, the median, and the mode. Saying just "average" isn't very useful in and of itself. However, nobody else seems to think of it in this way, so I wonder where I got the idea from. Hm... "mean" isn't that simple either. There's the arithmetic mean, and the geometric mean, and the harmonic mean... -Stewart "Average is an ambiguous term to me." Stremler
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