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-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIf you generate 1000 random numbers from 0 to 100 with a uniform distribution, the mean is going to be roughly 50, whereas the mode couid be anything. Which one is more representative?
If you generate 1000 random numbers from 0 to 100 with a uniform distribution, the mean is going to be roughly 50, whereas the mode couid be anything. Which one is more representative?