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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by sitkack on Saturday December 31, 2016 @09:00PM (#13294307)
Medians.

Average is last and first statistical measure that most people learn and it really isn't that useful. If we could just switch to medians and ban the average I would be really happy (and so would the world).

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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by Nomentatus on Sunday January 01, 2017 @08:19PM (#13298449)
Median, mean, and mode are all types of averages. But yes, I was just reading Nassim Taleb today scolding the multitude for not recognizing the difference between median and mean.
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