• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 days ago

      “The mean is the number you get by dividing the sum of a set of values by the number of values in the set.
      In contrast, the median is the middle number in a set of values when those values are arranged from smallest to largest.
      The mode of a set of values is the most frequently repeated value in the set.”

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        We should always use “mode”, but we don’t because it has a dumb name.

        We need to rename “mode” to “expert analyst judgement point” and see if news people start preferring it.