General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-211 months agoWhy do reports about anything always use the averages as a way to describe normalcy, when the median is a much better metric of that?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareWhy do reports about anything always use the averages as a way to describe normalcy, when the median is a much better metric of that?General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml · edit-211 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarerelay@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoI think many times it is presumed that things are of a normal distribution thus median and average are interchangeable.
I think many times it is presumed that things are of a normal distribution thus median and average are interchangeable.