DevAway22314 t1_jddb0j5 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:03 PM

Reply to comment by wankerbot in The average TikTok user in the US is an adult 'well past college age,' CEO says by djJAMZ

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

wankerbot t1_jde6f5f wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:20 PM

here's an example of statistics that use the term "average" when they are reporting the median:

>Average Income by State

>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income for 2019 was $65,712. M

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/average-income-by-state

wankerbot t1_jde5sm4 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:16 PM

>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.

wankerbot t1_jde4ytf wrote on March 23, 2023 at 7:11 PM

>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.