Taz;2124761 said:
median means middle
average can be altered if there is a real high or low number
lets say you and me and bill gates were in a room and we took the average networth lets just save that would be high for all of us ;D
What point are you trying to make?
Guess you missed the part where I said:
Average means (roughly) "middle of the pack."
I knew that someone would make an asinine point like you just did, which is why I clarified that the term can
roughly be
approximated to mean "middle of the pack."
And for what it is worth, when you are talking about the relative quality of discrete and finite fungible goods, then average quality does mean "middle of the pack." Your income analogy is inapposite because it is using a different definition of average in a situation where the value tested can be defined (net worth is definable numerically; football value is not). "Average" can,
but does not always refer to arithmetic mean--the concept you were describing. In arithmetic mean in the analogy you used, the goal is to find out the central tendency in light of standard deviations of variable magnitude to arrive at an expected value of a calculable data set. But arithmetic mean is useless unless the set can be ascribed a definable value.
But when you are discussing the issue that we are, which is where a player is rated among a data set of 1 to 32, average can
and typically does to in conversational dialogue mean,
roughly, "middle of the pack." The term is not used to refer to
arithmetic mean nor could it be used to find arithmetic mean because the relative quality of players is incalculable because you have no numerical value that can be assigned to each player's quality.
Or, in short, don't make stupid petty points unless it is relevant to the discussion. And don't bother trying to correct me again.