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Selected Works of James Spithill (retired)
Article
Anything but average: Intuitions
Vinculum (2023)
  • James Spithill
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Abstract
The existence of different versions of averages in statistics is a response to different distributions in data sets: arithmetic mean, geometric mean, median and harmonic mean provide alternative ways of responding to the simple human curiosity about what a typical value might be.
Keywords
  • Averages (Mathematics),
  • Mathematics teaching,
  • Secondary school mathematics
Disciplines
Publication Date
2023
Citation Information
James Spithill. "Anything but average: Intuitions" Vinculum Vol. 60 Iss. 2 (2023) p. 11 ISSN: 0157-759X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james-spithill/8/