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How can most of any quantity be less than average? Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.
by cheschire 4y ago
How can most of any quantity be less than average?
Edit: ah, I think I was thrown off by the use of “median/average” as equivalents.
- pgreenwood 4y agoIt is true in every right skewed distribution. Furthermore almost every distribution is skewed.
- grammer__ 4y agoThe median is the midpoint where 50% of people are above/below the threshold. If there are outliers, and perhaps we can agree there are outliers on the smart/dumb scale, it can skew the average above or below the median.
- jks 4y agoAnd I guess being extremely dumb carries a larger risk of death than being extremely smart, so if people start out symmetrically distributed along this scale, the distribution will skew right over time.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoThanks to a few billionaires in a small town, the majority of people living there have a below average income.
- atwood22 4y agoThe median and average are equivalent in a normal distribution.