Forum » Topic: Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'

Forum » Topic: Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average' http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php beau-jolly on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141652 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:51:13 +0000 beau-jolly 141652@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Points above taken, but what always gets me is when workers go on strike because they want to earn the "average wage". As soon as they achieve their goal and get the rise the average goes up so they have to strike again...and again... Also, one Abromovitch in the mix and the majority become below average. Golgo13 on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141629 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:52:47 +0000 Golgo13 141629@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I think that unless otherwise specified, most people would take "average" to be the arithmetic mean, and so, as moanygit points out, one extremely thick kid could be the only one who was below the average IQ in that class, for example. moanygit on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141616 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:57:06 +0000 moanygit 141616@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Take 4 numbers, 10, 7, 1, 6 Average = (10 + 7 + 1 + 6)/4 = 6 only (25%) of these numbers are below average... Mandy Lifeboat on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141609 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:23:04 +0000 Mandy Lifeboat 141609@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Golgo - are you thinking mean, mode, median there? Golgo13 on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141605 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:14:37 +0000 Golgo13 141605@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ It doesn't necessarily follow that 50% of a group are below average. Mandy Lifeboat on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141599 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:46:34 +0000 Mandy Lifeboat 141599@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Thnakas Sir L and Yikes. Press reporting of averages is so frustrating. I did know of a bloke who when asked by his local press how many below average GP's there were in his area (he was in a senior NHS position) dead panned the repsonse 'about a half fo them'. Not sure if they got it. Lucy - oh well can't win them all. Will try something like 'Assad causes confusion by defecting to rebels'instead next time... Yikes on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141544 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 06:23:51 +0000 Yikes 141544@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Well I thought it was funny for the same reason as Sir Lupus. And certainly a well above average ticker as against some of the others from the past couple of days :) Lucy4 on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141501 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:54:00 +0000 Lucy4 141501@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ This isn't funny Sir Lupus on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141491 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:47:48 +0000 Sir Lupus 141491@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ nice. averages are much abused and confused in the media. "shock as some children are revealed to be below average at exams" - no, not a shock, that's just how the statistical concept of "average" works... Mandy Lifeboat on "Think tank report to claim 50% of everything 'below average'" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=48993#post-141324 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:40:53 +0000 Mandy Lifeboat 141324@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ .