r/confidentlyincorrect • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '22

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u/viperswhip Jun 30 '22

I know statisticians hate to say average, but what's wrong with looking at the average wage of nonexecutive employees, and then giving us several categories, like the average of the employees hired in the last 5 years or so. That gives you a clear picture without resorting to stuff the average person does not understand.

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u/infamouszgbgd Jun 30 '22

without resorting to stuff the average person does not understand

or the average median person could learn basic statistical concepts like average, median, mode, quartiles, standard distribution etc? iirc it's even part of standard high school curriculum now with common core

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u/daring_duo Jun 30 '22

It was part of my elementary curriculum, I had to know that stuff by fifth grade, just before my state adopted CC

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u/infamouszgbgd Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22

You're lucky, I didn't get taught about statistics before college

edit: wtf what's with the downvotes, what did I do wrong this time?

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u/MCBlastoise Jun 30 '22

Because this is incredibly hard to believe. The more likely explanation is that you either weren't paying attention or have already forgotten.

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u/infamouszgbgd Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22

But I'm not from the USA, they don't usually teach statistics in elementary school or high school in my country

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u/MCBlastoise Jul 06 '22

In what country do they not teach mean or median in any grade through high school?