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• rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Average” is a vague definition

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  • zeca@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    neither vague nor a definition

    average is the sum of a list of values divided by the size of the list.

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    • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, if you look at the average salary across the whole world, an overwhelming majority of people doesn’t make enough money to survive, so there’s that

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No. If you’re going to be pedantic, at least be right.

      Average

      noun

      1. a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean, which is calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.

      The term average, inherently refers to three different ways to calculate the central value in a data set. What you’re talking about is mean, but it can also mean mode, or median.

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      • zeca@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        youre right, i take it back

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Idk, generally people mean the mean by average and the median by median, but I get your point. (But I think the term average salary can be ambiguous for other reasons, not disagreeing there.)

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    • sinedpick@awful.systems ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ooh look at you, so smart!

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      • zeca@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ohoho, thankyou ☺️

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    • thisfro@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was under the impression mean and average were used interchangeably, but I’m not a native speaker.

      What I meant was mean salary indeed. But median would probably be more adequate.

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• Earflap@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not in America

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  • thisfro@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For what of the list?

    It also depends on the definition of each, but I mean in a basic sense.

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