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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by fahadkhan on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:28PM (#22445557)
Pedantic note. You probably mean mean (or mode) vs median. They are all different types of averages (amongst others).
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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by rootusrootus on Friday February 28, 2020 @03:46PM (#22446198)
I'm guessing OP did in fact mean median, since the point is that outliers at the top can really skew the mean. Median gives a more realistic idea of what people are typically earning.
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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by fahadkhan on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:10PM (#22446399)
My comment was about "I would also be wary of average vs. median"
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Re:The boss who put everyone on 70K by alexbanks on Friday February 28, 2020 @04:31PM (#22446585)
You're right, it was pedantic.
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