Uyini umehluko phakathi kwesilinganiso, imodi, nesilinganiso esiphakathi?
Isilinganiso, imodi, nesilinganiso esiphakathi yizinhlobo ezahlukene zezilinganiso. Imodi iyisici esivame kakhulu esibonelweni. I-median iyisici esivela ku-50th percentile, noma maphakathi nesampula elihleliwe, ngakho-ke ayihambisani nama-outlier. Isilinganiso sitholakala ngokuhlanganisa wonke amanani esampula bese sihlukaniswa ngesibalo sezinto ezisesampuleni. I-mean mhlawumbe inencazelo ejwayelekile kakhulu yegama elithi "average", kodwa ayihambisani kakhulu nama-outliers kunama-mode nama-median.