The phrase "abilities of the average" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the skills or competencies that are typical or common among a certain group of people.
Example: "The abilities of the average student in this program have improved significantly over the past year."
Alternatives: "skills of the typical" or "capabilities of the average person".
Andrew Clare, professor of asset management at Cass, says: "Over the 18 years covered by our study, a buy and hold strategy would have turned an initial investment of £100 into £311, but because of the poor market timing abilities of the average UK retail investor, the investment would only be worth £255".
Imagine an artificial intelligence technology that possesses the intelligence and cognitive abilities of the average human being.
From the late '70s through the '80s and '90s the culture seemed to provide extensive and reassuring examples of the ability of the average citizen to right the wrongs of corporate avarice.
AverageExplorer may have been inspired by the ability of the average image to reveal human commonalities, but its real power lies in its ability to slice that average into meaningful categories.
The results are sometimes completely impractical: a 60,000-word novel for five-year-olds, say, or a story about talking tractors which requires the reading ability of the average 12-year-old.
The trade group's monthly index of housing affordability, which measures the ability of the average family to buy a median-priced home, dropped to 99.6 in March, from the February mark of 100.9.
But it is undeniable that there is still a disparity in the ability of the average scientist to do science on the two sides of the border.
But amidst the talk of Super PACs and $50,000-a-plate 50,000-a-plate 50,000-a-plateidinnershers, attendedesting and inspiring shift is taking place: The increasing abylity of the amateur citizen to connect directly with candidates through technology.
My thinking here is that when confronting the property bubble, Wall Street analysts have underestimated the ability of the average US citizen to pay his/her mortgages.
Wilson remarked, "I'm a great believer in the ability of the average man to find his way if he is given light".
