• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    7 days ago

    Did they stop teaching the difference between mean, median, and mode the year after I left elementary school? It seems like nobody knows that those are all three types of average anymore

    • lad@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      7 days ago

      I don’t really get your point as under the assumption of normal distribution all three are the same

      Albeit there was another comment about intelligence not being normal distribution which is a bit unfortunate imo

      And practically every time I see someone talk about average it is a mean, a lot rarer it’s median, and I never heard anyone talk about mode in general public