The term average is a very informal, if not a layman's term, and is very ambiguous in meaning in strict mathematics.
The term informally means arithmetic mean, equivalent to arithmetic average. It is a specific type of average (mean or central tendency).
Formally, the term should be avoided.
See also[]
- Average on Wikipedia
- Central tendency
- Mean
- Arithmetic mean
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