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[–] Animated_beans 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Average and mean are the same thing (sum of everything divided by total number of things). Median is the middle number.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Colloquially, average is the mean. Mathematically, average can be either mean, median, or mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

No, that's just the arithmetic mean. There a other often more appropriate means that can be used. Arithmetic mean is just the one most commonly taught.