• davidgro@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    For 10 to not be the median it would also have to not be the case for the majority of people (just the plurality at best), and while I don’t have proof handy I’m pretty sure a vast majority have exactly 10, making that the precise median and the mode. Only the mean would be a different number of digits. (Both definitions)

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      2 days ago

      The median of a data set is the measure of center that is the middle value when the original data values are arranged in order of increasing (or decreasing) magnitude.

      So ppl generally have, say, between 2 and 11 fingers. If those were your only 2 data points, the mean would equal the median, and there is no mode.

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        2 days ago

        Yes, but we don’t have only those two points.

        It’s well known that most people have one specific value, so much so that our entire number system is based on it (literally the base, it’s ten)