Learning Statistics, Day 5 – Fun with Averages

Guess who got a 74% average on their "Disruptive Technologies in the Digital Economy" coursework? Guess who passed and no longer has to ever think about NFTs again unless she decides to write her dissertation on shitty digital scams? YEAH THAT'S RIGHT, THIS DWEEB RIGHT HERE. Well, that's a relief. ... Back to Statistics! AveragesThe average is where most of the values are located. We saw this on Wednesday with the box-and-whiskers plot I did for my films. The box? That's where my averages are. Averages are also referred to as "measures of central tendency", which seems like a lot of words for the exact same thing, but, as I learned while writing my literature review, academia sure likes using 10 words when one would do. There are apparently different types of averages, with the most common being Mean, Median, and Mode. MeanThe mean is what's commonly referred to as "the average". It's when you add up all the numbers, then divide that by the number of numbers. So with my film data, you…

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