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The median is not found by (H-L)/2+L. Read that Wikipedia entry again. Disproof: 1, 1, 2, 10, 101. The median of this list is 2, not 51.
by textminer 13y ago
The median is not found by (H-L)/2+L. Read that Wikipedia entry again.
Disproof: 1, 1, 2, 10, 101. The median of this list is 2, not 51.
- lutusp 13y ago> The median is not found by (H-L)/2+L. Read that Wikipedia entry again. I really did read it, but I managed to take it to mean the midpoint of the range, all evidence to the contrary. It seems I tripped on the words "middle value", which is ambiguous.
- textminer 13y agoYeah! Modes of centrality can mean lots of things. It's why it can be so frustrating when media folks casually toss out "average" for long-tailed things that require way more specificity.