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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by zarkov99 on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:28PM (#27480153)
Most of all your kids are likely to have IQ's close to the median of you and your wife. This is likely the most important factor of all as heart-breaking and unfair as this is.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by 29athrowaway on Saturday June 12, 2021 @12:23AM (#27481515)
The median of two numbers is the average.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by exporectomy on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:39AM (#27482456)
Closer than other kids but with regression to the mean (of the population).
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by aerovistae on Friday June 11, 2021 @08:33PM (#27480183)
This really misses the point I feel, although I struggle to say why.
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by haihaibye on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:44PM (#27481333)
He used median instead of mean, and forgot regression to the population average. IQ is only ~80% genetic
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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by scbrg on Saturday June 12, 2021 @03:48AM (#27482505)
> He used median instead of mean

What's the difference when you only have two values in the set?

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Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel by haihaibye on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:25AM (#27483035)
Same result but unnecessary complexity
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