The mean in statistics

Yeah it seems simple, I mean (no pun intended) the mean is just the average! Yet as with so many different things in statistics there’s more to the mean than meets the eye! We’re going to go into why the mean is important, why it’s our best guess, why it may not always be your best option, and why we work so hard to find the mean sometimes! It seems simple, but I promise today we’re answering a lot of the big “why’s” in statistics, so let’s go!

March 15, 2021 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year two, Math | Tags: academia, Education, graduate school, learning, Math, mathematics, mean, school, science, statistics, stats, student | 1 Comment