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To: Myrddin
half the students performed below average.

You know that that is a logic fallacy, too, right?

It's often cited as a truism, but it's phony.

If 5 scores are 100, 100, 100, 100, 0, then the average is 80 and four of them are above average.

13 posted on 08/30/2010 3:58:05 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
Fine. Half the students scored below the median.
19 posted on 08/30/2010 4:17:22 PM PDT by Myrddin
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