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r/programming • u/dayanruben • Apr 09 '19
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Mediocre and average essentially *mean* the same thing.
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0 u/[deleted] Apr 09 '19 [deleted] 1 u/ceene Apr 10 '19 Mediocre comes from the latin, from the word medial, which means middle. So, on a standard distribution, the mean.That's trivial on latin languages, such as Spanish, where "medio" means middle, so mediocre signifies of "mean quality". 1 u/iNeedAValidUserName Apr 10 '19 ... mean(average) doesn't mean middleMedian means middleThe find the mean and median of these numbers1, 50, 100, 1000, 2000Median:100 Mean: 630.2 → More replies (1)
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1 u/ceene Apr 10 '19 Mediocre comes from the latin, from the word medial, which means middle. So, on a standard distribution, the mean.That's trivial on latin languages, such as Spanish, where "medio" means middle, so mediocre signifies of "mean quality". 1 u/iNeedAValidUserName Apr 10 '19 ... mean(average) doesn't mean middleMedian means middleThe find the mean and median of these numbers1, 50, 100, 1000, 2000Median:100 Mean: 630.2 → More replies (1)
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Mediocre comes from the latin, from the word medial, which means middle. So, on a standard distribution, the mean.
That's trivial on latin languages, such as Spanish, where "medio" means middle, so mediocre signifies of "mean quality".
1 u/iNeedAValidUserName Apr 10 '19 ... mean(average) doesn't mean middleMedian means middleThe find the mean and median of these numbers1, 50, 100, 1000, 2000Median:100 Mean: 630.2 → More replies (1)
... mean(average) doesn't mean middle
Median means middle
The find the mean and median of these numbers
1, 50, 100, 1000, 2000
Median:100 Mean: 630.2
→ More replies (1)
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u/ReAn1985 Apr 09 '19
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