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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by Terr_ on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:21PM (#29927768)
> but we should go by averages, not outliers.

Or to be a little pedantic, by mean, not average. When Bill Gates walks into a dive bar the "average person" is temporarily is a billionaire.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by hiptobecubic on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:39PM (#29927985)
Median?
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by Terr_ on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:49PM (#29929159)
That was my intent, but looking back on that post I really mangled the text when editing it. (Just look at that "is temporarily is".)

Well, too late to fix it now, I suppose it's a lesson on the perils of inadequate sleep and the risks of video-conference calls with people in wildly dissimilar timezones.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by boomboomsubban on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:07PM (#29928819)
The average and the mean are the same thing.
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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by Terr_ on Thursday January 13, 2022 @07:59PM (#29929240)
Correct, "average" usually implies "arithmetic mean". I just accidentally the words before coffee enough sleep with meeting.

But I'm perfectly fine now, ossifer.

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Re:More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest nu... by boomboomsubban on Thursday January 13, 2022 @10:36PM (#29930318)
No worries, I know I could easily make the same mistake.
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