Posted by pseudoname on December 3, 2005, at 16:31:25
In reply to Looking at it another way...., posted by CamW on December 3, 2005, at 0:42:38
> It has been my experience, that, on this board, 50% of posters are of below average intelligence.
> ;-PThat's possible, but it wouldn't always be true, even taking the average of only the people who post on this board (not the average of all people everywhere). Consider:
Say there are 100 people who post. On some scale of intelligence that has scores of 0-10...
90 posters have scores of 10.0
10 posters have scores of 9.0
The average intelligence is then 9.9, and 90% of posters on the board have ABOVE-average intelligence.Or say of 100 people posting on some other site...
1 poster has a score of 10.0.
99 posters have scores of 1.0.
The average intelligence is then 1.09, and 99% of posters on that board have BELOW-average intelligence.The statement, "On this board, 50% of posters are of below MEDIAN intelligence," would always be true (+/- 1 poster).
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