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Great points. Discrete data with few categories are a good case where the median might not cut it. As a contrived example.. data: 0 0 0 1 1 mean: 2 / 5 media
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Great points. Discrete data with few categories are a good case where the median might not cut it. As a contrived example..
data: 0 0 0 1 1
mean: 2 / 5
median: 0
- maxerickson 10y agoWith a small number of categories a full summary of the data easily fits into text. It might still be desirable to report a summary statistic, but omitting the totals for 2 or 3 categories and reporting a summary statistic is pretty sloppy.
- closed 10y ago> With a small number of categories a full summary of the data easily fits into text. That's fair. In my experience, summary measures are often calculated at many levels of an analysis, not just the final reporting.