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Cranky0ldMan t1_jdazh3x wrote

A millionaire and nine people making minimum wage have an average income of over $100,000.

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TomTy333 t1_jdb9flz wrote

are… are you suggesting tik tok is filled with millions of teenagers and gilgamesh?

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drawkbox t1_jdc287k wrote

Teenagers and lots of vampires centuries and centuries old.

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GTthrowaway27 t1_jdcgvhy wrote

Ok so for age…? Is there someone a million years old?

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its_not_you_its_ye t1_jddk7kl wrote

People are well past college age for much longer than not, and they probably found out more than just one person uses TikTok in that age range.

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coffeesippingbastard t1_jddigsf wrote

Correct- and yet you're still wrong.

The mean isn't a meaningless statistic in the case of age.

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PresidentXi123 t1_jddt22x wrote

The range for age is significantly lower than for income which is why your example is meaningless. In a population with 99 16-year-olds and one 80-year-old, the mean age is 16.6.

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canslER t1_jdb33zp wrote

Congrats on learning averages!

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wankerbot t1_jdb0386 wrote

*mean

not median, mode, or geometric mean

edit: apparently all the reddit aspies don't like precison in language anymore

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DevAway22314 t1_jddb0j5 wrote

Mean and average are synonymous. He was precise and correct in his terminology. It is only you that does not understand the meaning of a mathematical average

Edit: And to drive it home a bit more, the advantage of using the term mean is that it is more specific. Mean is less likely to be misunderstood for another meaning than average, but both convey the precise meaning he intended

I wouldn't normally add that level of pedantry, but wanted to point out you misused precise when you meant specific. Solely because you're attempting to be overly pedantic

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wankerbot t1_jde5sm4 wrote

>Mean is less likely to be misunderstood for another meaning than average,

this is just insane to me. fucking nuts of an assertion, i have no idea where you're getting this idea.

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wankerbot t1_jde4ytf wrote

>Mean and average are synonymous. He was precise and correct in his terminology.

No, he wasn't precise and it isn't synonymous.

First words from the wiki:

>In ordinary language, an average is ...

Ordinary language, as used by the wiki, means "colloquially", which is not precise mathematical/statistical/scientific language.

Later in the wiki entry, we have this:

>Depending on the context, an average might be another statistic such as the median, or mode.

...which blows your assertion of the precision out of the water.

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