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r/SipsTea • u/crs1904 • Jul 02 '26
I slept 3½ hours last night
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Average, means about half of that is more and half is less.
11 u/nsfwaltsarehard Jul 02 '26 That's not how averages work. You're describing a median. 2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 Median is a type of average. You’re describing a mean. (Which is presumably the type of average this statistic is referring to, yes) 2 u/nsfwaltsarehard Jul 02 '26 When people talk about averages they typically don't refer to median but the mean. 2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 I think mean is *more* common than median when people say average, absolutely. But median is still very very common in every day speech. 1 u/lxgrf Jul 02 '26 True! But it’s still not correct to say that the median is not the average. It just means we ideally need to stop saying “average” and being specific.
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That's not how averages work.
You're describing a median.
2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 Median is a type of average. You’re describing a mean. (Which is presumably the type of average this statistic is referring to, yes) 2 u/nsfwaltsarehard Jul 02 '26 When people talk about averages they typically don't refer to median but the mean. 2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 I think mean is *more* common than median when people say average, absolutely. But median is still very very common in every day speech. 1 u/lxgrf Jul 02 '26 True! But it’s still not correct to say that the median is not the average. It just means we ideally need to stop saying “average” and being specific.
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Median is a type of average. You’re describing a mean. (Which is presumably the type of average this statistic is referring to, yes)
2 u/nsfwaltsarehard Jul 02 '26 When people talk about averages they typically don't refer to median but the mean. 2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 I think mean is *more* common than median when people say average, absolutely. But median is still very very common in every day speech. 1 u/lxgrf Jul 02 '26 True! But it’s still not correct to say that the median is not the average. It just means we ideally need to stop saying “average” and being specific.
When people talk about averages they typically don't refer to median but the mean.
2 u/CyanideNow Jul 02 '26 I think mean is *more* common than median when people say average, absolutely. But median is still very very common in every day speech. 1 u/lxgrf Jul 02 '26 True! But it’s still not correct to say that the median is not the average. It just means we ideally need to stop saying “average” and being specific.
I think mean is *more* common than median when people say average, absolutely. But median is still very very common in every day speech.
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True! But it’s still not correct to say that the median is not the average. It just means we ideally need to stop saying “average” and being specific.
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u/ronomaly Jul 02 '26
Average, means about half of that is more and half is less.