Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by smnrchrds on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:18PM (#25952297)

Median is a form of average. Here is the first definition for average from Merriam-Webster:

> a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average

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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by syops on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:17PM (#25952807)

Have you ever used "average" when you meant median? Carlin is speaking in the vernacular. I've never heard anyone use "average" when they meant median.

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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by smnrchrds on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:31PM (#25952949)

I have. When I talk about "the average person," I usually mean median or mode. Otherwise, you end up with hilarious statements like "the average family has 1.88 cars" which does not make logical sense.

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