fastandcurious@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMean is the default “average” because it’s easy to calculate and were taught it first in school. Like, years before median or mode. That’s it, that’s the whole reason.
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoThat makes perfect sense to me. I should have known it was that boring.
minus-squareoo1@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoPoor old Chebychev is not getting much love here is he. I guess people might think he was a fan of inequality. (sorry - maths joke, at least I didn’t do the one about the LOL numbers).
Mean is the default “average” because it’s easy to calculate and were taught it first in school. Like, years before median or mode. That’s it, that’s the whole reason.
That makes perfect sense to me. I should have known it was that boring.
Poor old Chebychev is not getting much love here is he.
I guess people might think he was a fan of inequality. (sorry - maths joke, at least I didn’t do the one about the LOL numbers).