fastandcurious@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhy do we use average instead of mode?message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we use average instead of mode?fastandcurious@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
Doesn’t using mode just make a lot more sense? You are much more likely to be the mode than you are likely to be average
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThis sample also shows why thé median is often more representative than the mean.
This sample also shows why thé median is often more representative than the mean.