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[–] theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About 50% of people are below average

[–] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This cracks me up because it is often said with such confidence, but it is just wrong.

If you have 10 people, 8 have an intelligence score of 1, 1 has a score of 5 and 1 has a score of 10. The average is 2.3 which means that 80% of the people are below average.

The median is the only thing that is going to guarantee 50%.

[–] theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, that statement is made under the assumption of large sample sizes (where the central limit theorem applies)