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Re:Bye, Amazon by dabraham1248 on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:37AM (#23069284)
Umm, you do realize that the top .001% of incomes going up will (with most distributions) raise the median income, even if the mode family income decreases?
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Re:Bye, Amazon by jason0597 on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:18PM (#23069871)
Sorry, I don't understand. What you said may be true for mean (aka average), but the graph shows the median, not the mean.
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Re:Bye, Amazon by vorpalhex on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:45AM (#23069385)
That is not a correct understanding of median, though median will not always show certain kinds of disparities. However you're going to have to provide evidence and data if you're making a particular claim here.
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