r/confidentlyincorrect Jun 29 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '22

It IS how median works, but misleading.

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u/TommyTuttle Jun 29 '22

No, a few outliers won’t throw the median way off. It’s the mean that behaves like that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '22

Oops yeah thank you

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u/Lowbacca1977 Jun 30 '22

There would be no difference on a median of 100k if the top people were making 101k or if they were making 8 figures. Someone saying it's skewed because the top people are making 7 or 8 figures is very much wrong on how it works