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Just the difference doesn't tell you much. It's always right-skewed. But that could be because it's bimodal with developers earning a lot and support staff litt
by dx034 9y ago
Just the difference doesn't tell you much. It's always right-skewed. But that could be because it's bimodal with developers earning a lot and support staff little or it's because everyone makes the same except for some really well paid executives.
What would be really interesting would be to see the actual distribution. But I don't think we'll ever see that.
- sanderjd 9y agoI think at this point we're quibbling over the definition of "how much" it can tell you. I think "median of $70k, mean of $150k" vs. "median of $70k, mean of $1.5M" carries a lot more information than just mean or just median, even if it doesn't approach a full summary of the distribution's shape.