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median income
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Originally posted by Spanky
I don't care what the situation. If I say it once, I will say it a hundred times, your definition above is how you find the Median in basic mathematics. However, in statistics, especially in statistical analysis where you use sample groups, the median is not found using that system. The term "Median" is a much more expansive term than you seem to realize.
Statisticians pick seemingly random spots on the bell curve and call it the Median. I just don't trust it when people use the term.
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Cite, please.
And let's just be clear. I'm not talking about sampling, since that's not what the data was. What are two different ways that you would determine the median income for the state of Michigan?
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 09-09-2006 at 02:07 PM..
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