Median is a type of average. You are confusing "average" with "mean".
To be fair, it's not clear which form of average is used in the article and your assumption that it is the mean is likely correct.
To be fair, it's not clear which form of average is used in the article and your assumption that it is the mean is likely correct.
Is there any foundation to this?
"av·er·age\ˈa-v(ə-)rij\ noun
: a number that is calculated by adding quantities together and then dividing the total by the number of quantities
: a level that is typical of a group, class, or series : a middle point between extremes
Full Definition
1 a : a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values b : mean 1b 2 a : an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean (...)"
It's common to see arithmetic mean and average to be treated as synonyms - but the mean is really just a type of average.
It compares mode, median, and mean as each being specific implementations of a more general concept of discrepancy.