In a normal distribution, the mean and median are the same value, so only 50% of the data points can be above average. Without this assumption, you are not guar

In a normal distribution, the mean and median are the same value, so only 50% of the data points can be above average. Without this assumption, you are not guaranteed to have only 50% of your data points above average. For example, what percent of the population do you think has an above average number of legs?