General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-211 months agoWhy do reports about anything always use the averages as a way to describe normalcy, when the median is a much better metric of that?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-squareWhy do reports about anything always use the averages as a way to describe normalcy, when the median is a much better metric of that?General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squaremayo_cider [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThere’s plenty of good answers already, but a big one is that the writers don’t know any better, and not understanding the difference of average, mean and median is one of the most common mistakes to make
There’s plenty of good answers already, but a big one is that the writers don’t know any better, and not understanding the difference of average, mean and median is one of the most common mistakes to make