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From: Leo G. Simonetta
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 00:00
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nmcnelly@acs.bu.edu (N.A.F. McNelly) wrote: >(sneck) >In article <4fi0fu$7jb@scramble.lm.com>, drg@manus.org (CyberLogician) wrote: > >: In article <bill-0902962300020001@206.196.100.140>, >: bill@scconsult.com (Bill Stewart-Cole) wrote: >: >And while 'stupid' is too strong a word, I dare say that the majority is >: >not significantly above the median intelligence of Usenet users. >: > >: You had better learn the difference between the mean, median >: and the mode, Bill. You are arguing on the wrong tree. > >Water must be crystallizing in Hell - I have to agree with Grubor. >The word you want here is mode. Well it would not be my first choice . . . . But assuming that intelligence is normally distrubuted among users of Usenet the mean, mode and median should be very close. In a perfectly normal distribution of sufficient size they are the same number. Mean - Arithematic average Mode - Most Common Median - splits the distribution in half -- Leo G. Simonetta ARCLGS@LANGATE.GSU.EDU Applied Research Center My opinions, mine, all mine.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100ecf,59723d5469d652ec X-Google-Attributes: gid100ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 1080eb,f7648abde0f2931a X-Google-Attributes: gid1080eb,public X-Google-Thread: faa05,6b6915afc47478d7 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa05,public X-Google-Thread: ff174,acf4f6361548452c X-Google-Attributes: gidff174,public X-Google-Thread: 10f35e,f7648abde0f2931a X-Google-Attributes: gid10f35e,public X-Google-Thread: 1159e4,acf4f6361548452c X-Google-Attributes: gid1159e4,public X-Google-Thread: 1085e3,dad23962dcac765f X-Google-Attributes: gid1085e3,public From: "Leo G. Simonetta" <ARCLGS@LANGATE.GSU.EDU> Subject: Re: Answer to cancel problem Was: Inappropriate cancels forged ... Date: 1996/02/12 Message-ID: <4fo3nb$svn@sphinx.Gsu.EDU> X-Deja-AN: 139131114 references: <4ebvcn$omk-NANA@pls2.postech.ac.kr> <4ekfde$h6c@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <DM03v5.43I@world.std.com> <bill-0102961000160001@sc1.scconsult.com> <DM7I0q.3vr@world.std.com> <bill-0902962300020001@206.196.100.140> <4fi0fu$7jb@scramble.lm.com> <nmcnelly-1202961019410001@med-anat23.bu.edu> to: nmcnelly@acs.bu.edu content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Applied Research Center mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: news.admin.policy,news.admin.censorship,alt.is.too,earth.general,alt.wired,news.admin.net-abuse.misc,alt.culture.usenet x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit)