[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Zach Malone]

I always get this mixed up.  When you take the median half are above, and
half are below, the mean is just intelligence (in number form) added up and
devided by the total number of people.  The mean (average) would not result
in half above and half below in this situation, or am I missing something?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Nielson" <jnielson at ihccorp.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: geek vehicles


> But when you sit back and draw the absolute mean, half the people fall
> below, and half the people will fall above the average.
>
> :)
>
> Take it at face value.  hehe
>
> Jeremy Nielson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Zach Malone <Diff at Mac.com>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: geek vehicles
>
>
> > Err... no?  Think about how averages work again, a few low numbers skew
> the
> > whole scale down, and similarly, a few high numbers would skew it up.  I
> > dont have a graph sitting in front of me showing human intelligence
> ranges,
> > but I doubt that above average intelligence and below average
intelligence
> > cancel each other out.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > Actually, it's even worse than that:  half of the people who are alive
> > > today have BELOW AVERAGE INTELLIGENCE.
> > >
> > > Think about it.
> > >
> > > ./patrick
> > >
> > >
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