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They, in poor form, report the "average" without explicitly specifying if they are referring to the mean or the median. Your perception would be shared by the m
by kmonad 5y ago
They, in poor form, report the "average" without explicitly specifying if they are referring to the mean or the median. Your perception would be shared by the majority of people if it's the mean they are presenting (which is most likely the case) because of the extreme income distribution. Overall, I am not a fan of the data presentation here.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoGP mentioned 'distribution', so I guess they're looking at the distribution charts further down (under 'pay gap') and not the 'average salary's chart.
- kmonad 5y agoHmm that chart is also pretty weird. What is any one salary on this chart averaged over? States? Years?
- rahimnathwani 5y agoYou don't need to calculate any averages to plot a distribution.
- kmonad 5y agoIndeed. Yet, this graph shows the distribution of averages. See the x-axis. I didn't want to be so blunt, but due to its shoddy presentation, I cannot trust what this page is showing.
- rahimnathwani 5y agoHaha, had another look and 100% agree with you.