• Rayspekt
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        Imagine communicating who ranked first last anually on a national level lmao.

        Edit: I meant “last” not “first”. What a crucial mistake lol.

        • @[email protected]
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          They do! It’s all part of the Hollywood liberal elite plot to tear down our country. Seriously, watch the credits on any movie - they always name the “best boy.”

          • Rayspekt
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            LMAO I intended to write “last” but somehow typed the opposite. But your point is very concerning, indeed.

    • @Takumidesh
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      This cracks me up because it is often said with such confidence, but it is just wrong.

      If you have 10 people, 8 have an intelligence score of 1, 1 has a score of 5 and 1 has a score of 10. The average is 2.3 which means that 80% of the people are below average.

      The median is the only thing that is going to guarantee 50%.

      • @bouh
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        On a bell curve the average and mean are the same. Your example isn’t a bell curve. Many things will be a bell curve.

      • @candybrie
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        People who don’t know that average can be mean, median or mode depending on the context crack me up.

        • @DrDr
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          Average is the mean, not median or mode. This doesn’t change on context. Average is always mean.

          • @candybrie
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            No. It’s not.

            a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values

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            Depending on the context, the most representative statistic to be taken as the average might be another measure of central tendency, such as the mid-range, median, or mode.

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      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        Yes, that statement is made under the assumption of large sample sizes (where the central limit theorem applies)

    • Lem Jukes
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      “think of the average person. Now remember that half of everyone is dumber than them”