How to Lie with Statistics
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How to Get a Higher Income From the Government
i think the medium would be higher than the mean, because you can't really get higher than a hundred % if every one's clumped around the top. So whenever you hear someone says, i hear the average was x, always think twice and think, what are they trying to achieve by using the average? If it's something that fits on the normal distribution, it doesn't really matter. But if it’s something that, you know, where the results are skewed, they are obviously cherry picking. And if you're the someone who's dealing with results it is skewed, you might as well cherry pick the one as editthas going to serve you th i quote from
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