Is there any diference between average & mean??

Question

if there is can u tell me wats the difference pls... tq

Answer 1

there are 3 main different ways of calculating an average.

mean is one way. add all the results and divide by how many results.
mode is another. most common result.
median is another. the middle value of all the results.

Answer 2

The mean and the median.

This subsection looks at two ways of finding an ‘average’. The first produces the mean, which is what was originally meant by ‘average’, and what most people think of when they talk about an average. The second gives the median, which might more accurately be described as a ‘typical’ or middle value.

No

Answer 3

An 'average' is a single number which we use as a way of summarising the data being investigated, but there are a number of different ways we can calculate an average, which might tell us different things.

The mean of a data set is just one type of average, someone above has described how to calculate it if you don't already know.

But there are other averages...the median and the mode.
The median gives the middle value in our range of values, and the mode gives the most frequently occuring single value.

So the 'mean' is a specific type of average - and 'average' is a general term that describes an attempt to summarise a bunch of data.

I liked the ice-cream answer though!

Answer 4

The arithmetic mean is the average. Divide the sum all the elements of the set by the number of elements in the set.

There are, however, other means, like geometric mean. This is not the average.

Answer 5

Average: In mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a list of n numbers. The most common method, and the one generally referred to simply as the average, is the arithmetic mean. Please see the table of mathematical symbols for explanations of the symbols used.

Mean: In statistics, mean has two related meanings:* the average in ordinary English, which is more correctly called the arithmetic mean, to distinguish it from geometric mean or harmonic mean. The average is also called sample mean.* the expected value of a random variable, which is also called the population mean.

Answer 6

Average is defined as the arithmetic mean of discrete quantities.

Mean is obtained by summing the observed values in the sample and dividing by their number.

So i dun think there are any noticeable differences, but i believe there are mention that mean can be applied to continuous variables while averages cannot.

Correct me if there are disputes.

Answer 7

statistically speaking there is a difference between the mean and the median but there is no difference between the average and mean

average is (a+b+c+...+n)/x where x is the number of of elements from a to n

mean is (a+b+c+...+n)/x where x is the number of elements in the set from a to n

so theres no difference

Answer 8

The average is the sum of all the values divided by the number of values; the mean is basically the mid range value.

Answer 9

A mathematical representation of the typical value of a series of numbers, computed as the sum of all the numbers in the series divided by the count of all numbers in the series.

Arithmetic mean is commonly referred to as "average" or simply as "mean".

sorry i cut and pasted it

Answer 10

no they both are different words for an identical statistic, median is the middle number and mode is the most frequently occuring number, neither are the average.