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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by mjevans on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:20PM (#23852031)
Almost correct.

The mean, median, and mode are three types of averages. None is 'the average'; though if you asked someone random on the street they'd probably give you the mean average.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by awesome_dude on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:21AM (#23856644)
On an average day?

Mode: On a typical day <<-- most common meaning for average in day to day conversation

Mean: On a day that is in the calculated middle (for some variance) <<-- most common meaning when we think the question is about math

Median: On a day that is the middle for all the possible days <<-- nobody thinks of this, but they think this is what the mean is.

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Re:Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software s... by IggleSniggle on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @08:49PM (#23854430)
This really depends on context. When evaluating a likelihood (prediction), "average" is generally colloquial for "expected median."
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