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To: sasquatch
"Half the people are below the mean."

Actually, mean is the same as average. The only technically correct statement would be: "Half the people are below the median." However, I wasn't going to be picky in my cynicism.

58 posted on 12/15/2011 8:41:35 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: norwaypinesavage
Half the people are below the median

and the other half are mean. I really have a problem with the words. Give me a std. dev. any day.
66 posted on 12/15/2011 6:03:42 PM PST by sasquatch
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