On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 09:02:27PM -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: > * John Hasler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Cam Ellison wrote: > > > As I remind my clients frequently, when I refuse to recommend a > > > candidate: half the population is below average. > > > > Do any of your clients ever remind you that the mean is not the > median? > > Most of them probably understand the concept quite well (engineers, > accountants, MBAs), but it doesn't seem to occur to them, > interestingly enough. Mind you, with a sufficiently large sample, the > values of the median and the mean are indistinguishable.
If you make some assumptions about the distribution (statistical, not linux) Frank > This conversation is already way too serious. > > Cam > > > -- > Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. > >From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
