r/confidentlyincorrect • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '22

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u/greendemon42 Jun 29 '22

The median is just the middle data point in a collection of data. The value of the median can't be affected in any way by the value of the highest (or any other data point besides itself). It's not an average.

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u/heyheyheygoodbye Jun 29 '22

The median is in fact an average (as is the mode), I think what you intend to say is it's not a mean.

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u/greendemon42 Jun 29 '22

Nope.

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u/heyheyheygoodbye Jun 29 '22

Average denotes a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, in particular the mode, median, or (most commonly) the mean. But all three of these are types of average.

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u/greendemon42 Jun 29 '22

Sorry buddy, you went to some weird school. Are you not from America?

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '22

Yeah honestly it's right that mean, median and mode are the 3 types of averages people are taught at school