Percentile gang, let’s go! 😎 \
The median, or 50th percentile, here would be 17 or 18, meaning 50% of the princesses are aged 17 or lower, and 50% are aged 18 or higher.
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socsa@piefed.social 2 months ago
A perfect example of why median exists
Ethanol@pawb.social 2 months ago
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Nah, it’s the perfect example of why the median is a pathetic excuse of a statistical tool that is only used by those that wish to opress minorities
neatchee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
the median person uses 0mg of meth a day, the mean person uses about 1.7mg per day.
medians supress minorities
neatchee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The median is a statistical fact that can be used by humans in both good and bad ways. Lots of data can be made to look lots of different ways in the hands of different people.
That’s why teaching critical thinking (not just the skills but the importance and value) is paramount. People need to understand what they’re looking at. Because sometimes you want the mean, other times you want the median, and if you can’t even understand when you might want one or the other or both for different reasons then you can be led around by the nose with either.
BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
:-D that’s actually funny. Keep it up, ignore the people that don’t understand satire and downvote.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
the mean person uses about 1.7mg per day
So we can solve drug abuse by being nice?
confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
😂 how does the fact that that average person doesn’t use meth oppress anyone?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It’s almost as if the different forms of averages are useful for different applications.
WillFord27@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Easy mistake, her name is Merida. Not sure what she’s a perfect example of though?