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Maths teacher was really mean to me :(

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Reply 20

ilovelife1234

I would say tell your parents to go in and complain, out of order :angry:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 21

Kalliope

Original post by CitizensUnited

Isn't it?

What Jar said :smile:

Reply 22

StephenP91

Original post by BookWormShanti

Very clever, well done :no:

That's not strictly true, tbh.

Depends on the size of your sample.

Reply 23

Kalliope

Original post by StephenP91

Depends on the size of your sample.

Okay, okay that is strictly true!

Reply 24

thegodofgod

Original post by CitizensUnited

I see now. (probably why I only got a C in Statistics LOL)

You were probably thinking of normal distribution :wink:

Reply 25

Jampolo

Aw just smile, hopefully your mode will brighten up :smile:

oops i mean mood*

Reply 26

chickenkatsu

ab surd stuff. I hope your teacher loses some of their functions....eg breathing.

Reply 27

The-Real-One

Original post by BookWormShanti

That's not strictly true, tbh.

Yeah it is, the "average" is just an mathematical abstraction. There might be what, 1 in a million that is deadon average.

But roughly 50% of people are below average and 50% are above average.

"Normal" people are +/ 1 sd from avg

Reply 28

magicL

its lucky she never called you above average now isn't it. that would of been really mean

Reply 29

Dirac Delta Function

Original post by The-Real-One

A classic example of most people being above average is the number of fingers. The average number of fingers (thumb is counted as a finger) is less than 10 because there are more people who have lost a finger than had an extra one due to a mutation. Obviously, though the vast majority of people have 10 fingers.

Reply 30

The-Real-One

And a classic example of most people being below average is the number of sexual partners. The average number of sexual partners is derived from billions of uglies and incompetents, millions of total Betas and hundreds of thousand of Duracell bunnies when it comes to sex that Charles Darwin, the father of evolution would be proud.