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People that use average to describe the middle of non-symmetric distributions are dumb.
by elchief 14y ago
People that use average to describe the middle of non-symmetric distributions are dumb.
- X6MW3aQrZU5VKkz 14y agoI hope you realise the distribution need not be symmetric for the average value to be in the middle.
- e-dard 14y agoYes, but elchief's point is obviously that if the data has a positive or negative skew, the median is going to be more helpful than the mean.
- saltcod 14y agoThanks for the help here on this one! Dumb people will now know just how dumb they are before making misinformed assumptions. Really helpful.