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Re: My average set
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:36:30 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Michael Dallaston wrote:
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In lugnet.loc.au, Matthew Wightwick wrote:
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- I actually do own my mean set, but not my median set!
- I only got my 6 modal sets just over a week ago. Before that, my modal set was 7124, of which I own 3.
- I’m afraid I had to think for a second about what ‘median’ actually meant. What can I say? Stats was never my strong suit.
-Matthew Wightwick, B.E.(Chem)/B.Sc.(Hons)
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I’m confoosled. How can you not own your median set?
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Easy! Have an even number of sets, and not have a multiple that set spans the
midpoint. (If there is no midpoint you take the average of the two around the
midpoint).
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Unless it means something other than what thought it meant...
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If you had a collection which consisted of ten copies each of:
and
(Which, incidentally, would be a nice, if somewhat small collection.)
Your median would be:
Thus, the median can be as misleading as the average (which, in this case, is
the same set).
Cool, huh?
(And I came up with a pirate set!!)
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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 | | Re: My average set
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| (...) Bah! Anyone can do that!!! BTW after re-evaluating, I must amend my stats - my modal set is now [LEGOSet 9936] A significant portion of which are utilised (URL) here>. This may also mean my average & median are wrong, but I can't be bothered (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
| | | Re: My average set
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| (...) I realised this about 30 seconds after posting... just had one of those moments I guess. (...) So it's true, you can make the data say whatever you want! Michael (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: My average set
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| (...) I'm confoosled. How can you not own your median set? Unless it means something other than what thought it meant... Michael (only an undergrad :( ) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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