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Newlawyermoney t1_iuezy5r wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:43 PM

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Incorrect. Mean, median, and mode are all different ways of looking at average.

[deleted] OP t1_iuf0tv9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:49 PM

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Newlawyermoney t1_iuf0wht wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:49 PM

See here: https://www.britannica.com/science/mean-median-and-mode

[deleted] OP t1_iuf1sb3 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:55 PM

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Newlawyermoney t1_iuf212s wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:57 PM

I mean I’m not disagreeing that mean is usually synonymous with average. But median and mode are also types of average. See also the first sentences here: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=20669&section=2.1

[deleted] OP t1_iuf29d8 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:59 PM

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Newlawyermoney t1_iuf2uhb wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:03 PM

Maybe. Precision of language is important. But I take it you’re a college freshman? You have a lot to learn.