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Re:How percentile approximation works and why it's more usef... by doctorsher on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:05PM (#28527671)
This is excellent information, thank you for posting this! I was not familiar with this example previously, but it is a perfect example of summary statistics not capturing certain distributions well. It's very approachable, even if you had to limit the discussion to mean and variance alone. Bookmarked, and much appreciated.

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