[Maths-Education] Request: references about the history of averages

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I was at first inclined to think that Harry might be out on a limb, but a 
quick internet search indicates that this is far from the case.

Tim Rowland

--On 02 September 2002 16:50 +0100 HARRY MERRICK 
<merr-cs0@wpmail.paisley.ac.uk> wrote:

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> Would it cause problems for your initial hypothesis if I said that I,
> and I think most Secondary school teachers in this part of the country
> (could be wrong here:), normally list them as mean, mode and median?
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> Harry Merrick
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> I wonder if anyone has any good references about the origins of
> 'averages'
> (mean, median and mode)in mathematics, , and also their inclusion in
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> school curriculum,
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> I am interested both in 'raw' history, and also any social/cultural
> analysis - for example why do 'we' in maths ed tend to list them as
> mean,
> median and mode,
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> I have some ideas already about that
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> thanks
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> Mark
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> Mark Boylan
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