Vaguemetric Mean
The 'Vaguemetric Mean', defined and illustrated.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-08-06-which-mean-do-you-mean--vaguemetric-mean/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Vaguemetric Mean: some of the data, divided by "eh." A: "Come join us in the multilevel marketing of pyramids!" B: "How many pyramids does the average person sell?" A: "Thousands!" Pyramid: "Yes, zero thousands."