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minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoYou have it backwards. The mean, not the median, is skewed by outliers. If there are ten people in a room with $10 and one person with $1,000,000, the median is $10 whereas the mean is ~$90,000.
minus-squareTrumpetXlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoNo idea why you’re down voted for math :/
You have it backwards. The mean, not the median, is skewed by outliers.
If there are ten people in a room with $10 and one person with $1,000,000, the median is $10 whereas the mean is ~$90,000.
No idea why you’re down voted for math :/