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Data doesn't say anything. You need to interpret it correctly. For example, any time you see 'average', you should probably run away quickly, because it is almo
by kaibee 3y ago
Data doesn't say anything. You need to interpret it correctly. For example, any time you see 'average', you should probably run away quickly, because it is almost certainly full of monsters.
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages/article_e3231734-e5da-5bf5-9496-a34e52d60bd9.html#:~:text=There%20was%20no%20such%20thing%20as%20an%20average%20pilot.,and%20launched%20a%20new%20one https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-disc...
just some quick things that jumped out at me:
- of homes actually built, hides that there's a lot of demand for smaller starter homes or housing in cities
- the average household can get smaller if there's a bimodal distribution, ie poorer households growing in size. or people not having kids because they don't have and can't feasibly afford a spare bedroom.
- "the average individual living in a newly built home" im leaving this one as an exercise for the reader