Let’s be real for a moment. The average is a nice friend, but it can be a drama queen. If you have one super high number (like a million dollars) and a bunch of tiny numbers (like $10), the average will pretend everyone is rich. That’s why you might also want to use the MEDIAN function (=MEDIAN() which finds the middle value, ignoring the outliers.
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Don’t trust the average blindly. It’s not a life coach. Use it as a guide, but keep your critical thinking cap on. If your data has a wild party animal, the average will lie to protect its feelings. You’re smarter than that.
