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Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:00PM (#25851195)
> You can split normally-distributed populations into 2 halves - "average" may also refer to median.

In a normal distribution, "average" must always also refer to median; they are always the same value.

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Re:Radio users reminded not to use radios in crimes by sangnoir on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:11PM (#25866972)
> In a normal distribution, "average" must always also refer to median; they are always the same value.

...and mode too! I am well aware of the characteristics of a normal distribution (this is HN after all). I was contrasting parents insinuation that gp's assertion on halving only works with uniform distributions

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