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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 00:10:28 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
> > > "Marking up" or "marking down" is a figment of the imagination.
> > Everything I snipped I agree with, and I'll try and use better terminology -
> > less than average/better than average?
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> Hmm, I wouldn't assume that 50 is an average. 50 is 50, whatever 50 means.
50 Means "average" to me - 0 means "pants", and 100 means "insanely great". The
focus being on what the individual thinks, rather than the application of the
mathematics.
It probably depends on context - saying "Why did someone mark my post down" is
less correct than "Why did someone think my post was less than average", which
is less correct than saying "Why did someone rate my post as 20"?
Richard
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 | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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| (...) Sorry, I wasn't clear... :) Lemme try again... Hmm, I wouldn't assume that 50 is an actual average (that's what average means, after all). 50 is 50, whatever 50 means. Thus, it's perfectly fine IMHO to say that an "average" (note the quotes) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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| (...) Hmm, I wouldn't assume that 50 is an average. 50 is 50, whatever 50 means. 50 is just a midpoint between 0 (lowest) and 100 (highest). An average article might be 63.262 to one reader and 43.828 to another reader. We might strive for 50 to be (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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