Mean vs Median
Discussions correcting the misuse of 'average' (mean) in favor of median, especially for skewed distributions, and highlighting their statistical differences.
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average is a mean, not a median
I guess by average they meant median, not mean.
Err what? Are you not confusing averages with medians?
You shouldn't compare an average to a median in this way.
Average or median? There's a difference.
Average and median are different.
median could be average, but that depends on the probability distribution of your data
Median is sometimes more relevant than mean.
Please stop using average. Median is a much better measure.
Do you have the same stat for median, instead of average?