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Okay, I always confuse Mean and Median, and which one is "average" as I think of it.
So, Calling someone Average is Mean!
That's all you have to remember, and all three straighten out.
Average is Mean (Mathematically)
Where as Median is like the one in the middle (when the list is sorted).
But honestly, once I remember Average is Mean, Median is obvious.
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The average human being has 1 of each. 
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Phew, thought you were about to suggest Man of Median[^]
(which is mean) 
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Now you've actually confused me. 
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I'm sure he didn't average to ...
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Would that imply that calling YOU average would NOT be mean? LOL
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: Would that imply that calling YOU average would NOT be mean?
In the median of things, yes it still would. 
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: So, Calling someone Average is Mean!
Unfortunately, I cannot relate... most of the people I meet, being called average would be a compliment. 
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Yeah,
But if you are the recipient of being called Average, it feels Mean...
Even though, provably it's probably true 50% of the time and a compliment 50% of the time
[Technically 1/2 Standard deviation less than 50/50, but if you are going there, you don't have any issues remembering Median vs Mean and probably can define Mode as well]
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: probably can define Mode as well
"Fashionable".
Simples! 
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Kirk 10389821 wrote: Even though, provably it's probably true 50% of the time and a compliment 50% of the time
You're assuming a certain distribution. As a counter-example, the distribution of heights of all people in kindergarten classrooms has two groups - one for the adults and one for the children. The average is somewhere between the two (closer to the children's group).
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And when I skimmed the message subject, I caught something like '..Ave ... Maria ...' and thought to myself what's the point
modified 27-Mar-21 21:01pm.
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MariaDb maybe?
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Must be something like that
modified 27-Mar-21 21:01pm.
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Average, mean, median...
I like to think of myself as above all that.🤣
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Yes, but you're co-workers have been PMing me to say otherwise
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Of course they have. They are all very mean!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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DRHuff wrote: Average, mean, median...
I like to think of myself as above all that.🤣
By all medians: feel free to!
(Another thought: Don't forget that if you are one in million in China, there may be 1300 that are better than you.)
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trønderen wrote: (Another thought: Don't forget that if you are one in million in China, there may be 1300 that are better than you.)
Over 1420 (and that only taking the "official" numbers, I suppose there will be some more)
M.D.V.
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Dude, you could be 1 in a Billion, and not be alone on this planet!
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Then come the percentiles ...
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The way that I remember it is "The mean father has 4.2 children"
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Interesting... I was midway through a rebuttal, when it dawned on me..
Fathers don't normally have 0.2 children... Although in TODAYS WOKE World, I wont bother saying what came to mind w/regards to many options if you had said 4.9... LOL... "Child Abuse? or Math?"
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Actually, I had remembered it wrongly. The saying was actually "The mean father has 2.4 children"; but that does not affect the usefulness of the saying. A median no of children must be an integer, whereas a mean is often non-integer. It is an amusing statement because of the ambiguity about what a mean father means.
For UK CPian, I guess that is why the TV comedy series "2.4 Children" is so named - it is from this statement.
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