The average (median, mode, rounded mean) package of a dozen eggs contains 12 yolks. Occasionally there are 13 or even 14. Some packages intentionally contain 24.
Vanishingly few if any contain 11 or fewer yolks.
Vanishingly few if any contain 11 or fewer yolks.
this is the pedantic part. Normal usage of average means "pretty much what I expected", which is what they are trying to convey, imo.
In any case, "average" does not mean "arithmetic mean." It means, mathematically, any of the median, mode, or mean or in standard vernacular, of typical or usual characteristics (i.e., close to mode).
You don't get to just arbitrarily pick a definition that fits your viewpoint and start going "all due respect" on other people.
In this case we're not in a mathematical context though.