How Averages Can Trick You and Obscure the Truth
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The Problem With Averages in Machine Learning
The vast majority of machine learning algarithms are working off of variousa usages of averages. But even within this system, sometimes the results are a little bit strange or they seem to be strange if you try to put a story to them. For example, in the first studentsa situation, very clearly, the pattern is established of success. And very often zeros are handed out for students who forget to do an assignment. The other student, however, by traditional measures at least, is a less successful student.
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