The phrase "averages instead of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two different methods or approaches, indicating a preference for one over the other.
Example: "The study suggests using medians instead of averages to better represent the data."
Alternatives: "means rather than" or "averages in place of".
Two new studies from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University's Teachers College have found that community colleges unnecessarily place tens of thousands of entering students in remedial classes — and that their placement decisions would be just as good if they relied on high school grade-point averages instead of standardized placement tests.
Since μ ~ ( t ) is a deterministic process, its mean m μ ~ has to be determined using time averages instead of statistical averages.
To make it cheaper, they should be able to exclude employees outside the United States and just go with industry averages instead of having to reveal their own workers' pay.
This effect has been discussed in previous studies stating that focusing on population averages instead of individual response strengthens the correlation coefficient due to less impact from situational and person-related factors which otherwise increases the variation [ 28].
The only difference between the current clinical practice and our set up is that the computer calculates the averages instead of pathologist using a calculator to compute the average value.
The smaller increase in heart rate with CLS seen in this study is probably due to the use of device statistics, which provides incremental averages instead of a continuous heart rate, combined with the fact that standing, a dynamic activity, requires muscle contractions and activates numerous neurohumoral responses not initiated during passive head-up tilt tests.
15 Dec 2011 reviewed for CIAO 4.4: the hrc_dtfstats tool computes a simple average instead of an error-weighted average; minor updates to screen output.
That is, should the body size of an individual be related to its parental (genotypic) average, instead of a general population mean?
The number of tickets sold are incorporated into the average instead of turnstile count, and on some nights, the Izod Center's attendance appears to fall far short of the average.
The national board decided that the program would finance only areas with unemployment and poverty rates at least two points above the national average, instead of just at or above the average.
The team estimated that this could lead to a mutation being transmitted to about 73% of a female mouse's offspring, on average, instead of the usual 50% for most genes operating under the normal rules of inheritance.
