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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're conflating average and mean. When it comes to income average is typically median, which does include billionaires but wouldn't skew the data due to their inclusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Average and mean are the same thing (sum of everything divided by total number of things). Median is the middle number.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Colloquially, average is the mean. Mathematically, average can be either mean, median, or mode.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

No, that's just the arithmetic mean. There a other often more appropriate means that can be used. Arithmetic mean is just the one most commonly taught.