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    Statistical Illusions Entry #0426

    Why an average can describe nobody in the room

    The average income in a room of ten people can be a number that none of them earn, and yet it is reported as if it describes them all.

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    The hidden part #0426

    Central tendency erases the spread. The average describes the arithmetic, not the room.

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