• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Remember a scary thing about average IQ: half of the people have IQ below that number, hence “average”.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not really how averages work, that’s the median, but I get your point. In order for that to be average there have to be scores lower.

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        1 year ago

        Median can also be called average. Average doesn’t strictly mean mean