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Below the median

Unless scores follow a standard (or any other symmetric) distribution

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median is an average

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It’s absolutely not. Median is a value in the middle of a sorted set and average is, well, average. In the set of 1, 7, 10: 7 is median and 6 is average.

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Such irony that this comment gets downvoted on a meme about failing education

Even with a simple, yet very clear example

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