[raygunomical]

> The median number of friends per American is 0.7

I think you might have gotten a bit confused here. I don't understand how a median can be a non-integer.

[spindritf]

Strictly speaking it can be with an even number of elements in the sample but yeah, your parent probably meant mean number.

[shalmanese]

But even then, it can't be a non-half integer multiple.