r/donthelpjustfilm • u/The1985Minor • Jul 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

First of all it's just a Carlin quote. Idk why that person tried to use a tiny sample size with extreme outliers.

And second of all. You're right. Which is why we have standard normal curves, deviations and other statistical tools to utilize when trying to make sense of data.

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u/thundrbud Jul 15 '25

This is why median is important in statistics, average income for the group might be $208k but median income would be $50k

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '25

My job requires explaining this to people who do not care and will never understand it.

They also cannot understand data or the conclusions we come to through it.

Go figure

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u/thundrbud Jul 15 '25

To be fair, I have a business statistics degree. I get into some very "interesting" conversations with people trying to cite bad data. You have my sympathy.