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>>>What is the difference between mean and average?
>>
>>According to my dictionaries, there's no difference.
>>
>>Vlad
>In a distribution of 'n' measurements, the (arithmetic) mean or
>'average' is the sum of the measurements divided by 'n'. The 'median' is the middle measurements after the measurements are ordered by size
>if 'n' is odd, or the mean of the middle measurements if 'n' is
>even. Thus, for the measurements 70,72,72,76,78 and 81 the
>mean is 450/6 = 75, the median is (72+76)/2 = 74
>HTH
>good luck

Thanks. I know there are a lot of methods to determine an average or mean. I never knew them all, but is always good to find out new things.

I looked in some dictionaries (one for maths), and it seems there's no difference between "mean" and "average". But there are a lot of different means and averages. :)

Vlad
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