Poplar?@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThe state of thingsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageThe state of thingsi.imgur.comPoplar?@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareFrenziedFelidFanatic@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBelow the median Unless scores follow a standard (or any other symmetric) distribution
minus-squareplandeka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt’s absolutely not. Median is a value in the middle of a sorted set and average is, well, average. In the set of 1, 7, 10: 7 is median and 6 is average.
minus-squareTabula_stercore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoSuch irony that this comment gets downvoted on a meme about failing education Even with a simple, yet very clear example
Below the median
Unless scores follow a standard (or any other symmetric) distribution
median is an average
It’s absolutely not. Median is a value in the middle of a sorted set and average is, well, average. In the set of 1, 7, 10: 7 is median and 6 is average.
Such irony that this comment gets downvoted on a meme about failing education
Even with a simple, yet very clear example