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The article assumes a normal distribution, making the distinction moot But it is useful to question whether that is true in all cases. The cases that aren't no
by wongarsu 7mo ago
The article assumes a normal distribution, making the distinction moot
But it is useful to question whether that is true in all cases. The cases that aren't normal-distributed might be exactly the cases where it pays off to be neither average or median
- programjames 7mo agoIt is almost never true. If you filter people you're going to get a Pareto distribution.
- skeeter2020 7mo agothere is a major shortcoming in this assumption; everything we've seen related to the internet and technology in general suggests there is rarely a normal distribution. I think it's way more valuable ato frame the questions as a long tail (pareto) distribution and a "good enough" cut-off point.