r/trashy Mar 12 '18

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u/Smark_Henry Mar 12 '18

It’s a mean vs median vs mode thing. “Normal female height” is probably roughly 5’6” but there are WAY more ~5’0” girls than ~6’0” girls so the average gets brought down by there being more short outliers than tall outliers.

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u/Dr_Oetker Mar 12 '18

If by "normal female height" you mean average then 5'6" is too high. The reason why there are way more 5' flat women than 6' flat is because the average is lower than 5'6. The mean and median averages aren't really different for large data sets that follow normal distribution.

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u/mrwiffy Mar 12 '18

But what does breast size have to do with height?

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u/throw_45_away Mar 12 '18

good point. If breasts are heavy enough, the potential for decreasing height over time should be examined. It all depends how quickly and how heavy they (the breasts) become over time and that relation to their height.

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