General@lemmygrad.ml to Ask Lemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml • edit-210 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-square8 fedilinkarrow-up118
arrow-up118message-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-210 months agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarerelay@lemmygrad.mlhexbear3·10 months agoI think many times it is presumed that things are of a normal distribution thus median and average are interchangeable. linkfedilink
I think many times it is presumed that things are of a normal distribution thus median and average are interchangeable.