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Re:“Autistic people can’t acknowledge when they’re wrong” by Adverblessly on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:32AM (#32410834)
Not the person you responded to, but the quantity for which half are below and half are above (+-1) is called "median".
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Re:“Autistic people can’t acknowledge when they’re wrong” by Nursie on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:42AM (#32410954)
Which is one of three forms of averaging ... ?

Mean, median and mode. Though it's true that people usually mean 'mean' when they say 'average'.

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