Median - sure, though in an arbitrary sense since there could be other identical performances.

Mode - one number is average but there’s more than one identical number.

Mean - it’s possible that there’s more than one exactly average number.

Consider a standard curve where the mode mean and median are all the same… it’s quite common to have multiple ‘true averages’ lol

Which one is the "one true average" in {3, 5, 13}?

What about in {3, 4, 4, 5}?

The average number of legs per person is slightly less than 2. No person matches the average (and most of the world's population is above average).

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