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I bet computing 1st to 99th %-ile would be even worse. Also I believe the result they cite is on average. I bet the extremes of the 5-95 comparison can get

• fsckboy 4y ago
  > I bet computing 1st to 99th %-ile would be even worse that's just a property of the normal distribution: if you know the difference between 5 and 95, you know the rest of the curve.
  • huitzitziltzin 4y ago
    You are misunderstanding something. The comparison they are reporting is a comparison between the 5th and 95th percentiles of the empirical distribution of measured productivities. The normal distribution has nothing to do with this.