medusa Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 And just to confuse you further, which sort of average were you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 And just to confuse you further, which sort of average were you looking for? Screw that, I dont even understand the original question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-b-1 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 And just to confuse you further, which sort of average were you looking for? This type of question is usually looking for the mean which is the average that people have calculated so far. However the median (middle value) is 3 and the mode (most common) is 4. More often than not when people refer to the average they are referring to the mean as I'm sure you know:). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 This type of question is usually looking for the mean which is the average that people have calculated so far. However the median (middle value) is 3 and the mode (most common) is 4. More often than not when people refer to the average they are referring to the mean as I'm sure you know:). Additionally, let me state that if a maths/arithmetic question asks for the "average," it will always be referring to the mean because it implies that the people at whom the course is aimed, have not learn about mean/median/mode yet. Don't mention standard deviations or we'll lose almost the entire forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Additionally, let me state that if a maths/arithmetic question asks for the "average," it will always be referring to the mean because it implies that the people at whom the course is aimed, have not learn about mean/median/mode yet. Don't mention standard deviations or we'll lose almost the entire forum... Or the 95% percentile - or mean deviation from the mean - or the normal distribution etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggi Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Don't mention standard deviations or we'll lose almost the entire forum... Unusual deviations should be ok though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Do you do simultaneous equations too? senior mod team! Henrique is swearing! Mods! he said Simultaneous equations!" aaaggghhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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