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Mean is the default “average” because it’s easy to calculate and were taught it first in school. Like, years before median or mode. That’s it, that’s the whole reason.

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jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That makes perfect sense to me. I should have known it was that boring.

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- oo1@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Poor old Chebychev is not getting much love here is he.
  
  I guess people might think he was a fan of inequality. (sorry - maths joke, at least I didn't do the one about the LOL numbers).
  
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  - jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I didn’t get that far in probability and statistics. I know of his polynomials, but that was a long time ago.
    
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