Another car on the W&OD

[baiskeli]

This time, some tourist followed his GPS onto the trail:

http://www.arlnow.com/2013/07/11/exclusive-gps-sends-florida-driver-down-wod-trail/

Topic

[mstone]

@KLizotte 57850 wrote:

Well, my stats book doesn’t entirely agree with what Thucydides said but I don’t want to beat a dead horse to death.

That would be overkill.

[baiskeli]

@KLizotte 57850 wrote:

Well, my stats book doesn’t entirely agree with what Thucydides said but I don’t want to beat a dead horse to death.

Math vs. English!

Which will prevail in this ultimate battle of academia?

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!

[baiskeli]

I thought a sharrow was a bimodal distribution.

[lordofthemark]

The average statistician uses average to refer to the mean.

But the average English speaker uses average to refer to the median or to the mean. Actually the average English speaker probably assumes the median and mean of most populations is identical, until you point out examples of attributes/populations where they are dramatically different.

Note, average can also even more imprecisely mean “typical” or “common”. QED.

[dbb]

@NicDiesel 57849 wrote:

Allow me to introduce you to my dear friend the bimodal distribution.

AKA the bactrian distribution

[NicDiesel]

@dbb 57866 wrote:

AKA the bactrian distribution

Also known as the law school divide.

[dbb]

@baiskeli 57860 wrote:

Math vs. English!

So who will compete against Dickey?

[Mikey]

@lordofthemark 57863 wrote:

The average statistician uses average to refer to the mean.

But the average English speaker uses average to refer to the median or to the mean. Actually the average English speaker probably assumes the median and mean of most populations is identical, until you point out examples of attributes/populations where they are dramatically different.

Note, average can also even more imprecisely mean “typical” or “common”. QED.

An example of when “Average” is the mode.

[Brent]

so the “average” usage of “average” can be different?

[dasgeh]

@Brent 57872 wrote:

so the “average” usage of “average” can be different?

lawyers win!

[baiskeli]

@lordofthemark 57863 wrote:

The average statistician uses average to refer to the mean.

But the average English speaker uses average to refer to the median or to the mean. Actually the average English speaker probably assumes the median and mean of most populations is identical, until you point out examples of attributes/populations where they are dramatically different.

Note, average can also even more imprecisely mean “typical” or “common”. QED.

And the mean English teacher deducts five points from your grade for every little error in grammar.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@baiskeli 57878 wrote:

And the mean English teacher deducts five points from your grade for every little error in grammar.

I think you mean “average” English teacher…

[baiskeli]

@TwoWheelsDC 57879 wrote:

I think you mean “average” English teacher…

Touché.

[jnva]

I saw this today, California plates. I’m giving him a pass because this is a confusing intersection, and he was driving slow. But maybe I’m being too nice…

[video=youtube_share;4iKHKD_Wng0]http://youtu.be/4iKHKD_Wng0[/video]

[Rod Smith]

Why are you riding a motorcycle on the bike path?

[Author]

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