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I don't think he is misunderstanding anything. Using the average sometimes works, some times doesn't. Number of arms an average person has is less than 2. Def
by mewpmewp2 6y ago
I don't think he is misunderstanding anything.
Using the average sometimes works, some times doesn't. Number of arms an average person has is less than 2.
Definitely check out the fighter jet seat problem.
- dekhn 6y agoI did. Not impressed.
- mewpmewp2 6y agoIf 60% people perform better with light theme and 40% dark theme, average is going to be that light theme is superior. This doesn't make dark mode a bad idea.
- dekhn 6y agoAll you're saying is that means aren't informative if distributions are bimodal. Which is both totally true and completely missing the point.
- acrefoot 6y agoThis is going to appear nitpicky, but the average preference is some average gray, neither dark nor light. The mode is light. That relates back to the fighter jet thing: if you’re going to build a non-adjustable cockpit, build one that fits (within some tolerance) the most number of pilots, not the average on every dimension.
- dekhn 6y agoIE, argmax, not mean
- marcus_holmes 6y agoor, better, don't build a non-adjustable cockpit
- philipov 6y agoMean is not a robust statistic, so that's why it's often better to use Median instead.