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Re:Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more underno... by mynameisnull on Monday December 26, 2022 @11:29AM (#34139085)
Average is not valid measure to use here as it's vulnerable to distribution skew.
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Re:Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more underno... by coeneedell on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:23PM (#34139642)
It actually is a valid measure here because they’re using it to estimate total income.
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Re:Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more underno... by vagrantJin on Monday December 26, 2022 @01:32PM (#34140345)
Thats exactly why its a bad idea to use averages in this particular case.
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Re:Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more underno... by coeneedell on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:18PM (#34174988)
Average is total divided by number of people. Therefore total is average times number of people.
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