tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post5498460911842228174..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #16120Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-54627280098642032592016-04-30T06:14:39.299-05:002016-04-30T06:14:39.299-05:00Use of a median is a favorite tool from How To Lie...Use of a median is a favorite tool from How To Lie With Statistics, it is can be used to <b>either expose</b> or to perpetrate a deception...<br /><br />Of course even the best data isn't useful if the reader doesn't read closely.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-417919592748289952016-04-29T09:56:54.977-05:002016-04-29T09:56:54.977-05:00the previous poster seems to be expressing distrus...the previous poster seems to be expressing distrust of the median - in my view, it's a very useful statistic, especially to describe income distribution - it specifically refers to the "person in the middle"<br /><br />imagine a population of 5 people - their incomes are as follows<br /><br />1 - 2000<br />2 - 6000<br />3 - 7500<br />4 - 15000<br />5 - 1,000,000<br /><br />median income here is 7500<br /><br />mean - arithmetical average - income is 206,100<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-69838772567016544362016-04-29T06:45:42.426-05:002016-04-29T06:45:42.426-05:0051st floor isn't half-way up the Empire State ...<b>51st floor isn't half-way up the Empire State Building</b><br />Use of a median is a favorite tool from How To Lie With Statistics, it is can be used to either expose or to perpetrate a deception. A median is<br /><br />...a number separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). ..... median can be used as a measure of location when a distribution is <b>skewed,</b> when end-values are not known, or <b>when one requires reduced importance to be attached to outliers,**</b><br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median<br /><br /><i>** ie: don't look at those rich bastards just raking it in.</i><br /><br />The reported number can't be the real median, therefore it must be drawn from a manufactured distribution, known as a trimmed range. Who trimmed the range has the same import as follow the money.<br /><br /><b>Bratwurst gives me gas:</b> Germany's carbon emissions have gone up along with it's solar and wind power production, so those cars will still create large amounts of C02, particularly in their production. Seems moving to high density and mass transit doesn't offer the same opportunities for corruption, as San Francisco proves.<br />http://archpaper.com/2016/04/san-francisco-solar-panels-density/<br />Apparently Germany is not planning on settling/integrating any of those refuges after all.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com