What does "median" mean again in stats?
You arrange the values in order then take the middle one. So if you have 101 pieces of data, the median would be the 51st one.
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2006 7:32:39 am PDT #3952 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sarameg - Oct 17, 2006 7:32:49 am PDT #3953 of 10001
Order values, take the one that falls in the exact middle. 20 values, you take the one that falls in the 10th place.
Jessica - Oct 17, 2006 7:33:37 am PDT #3954 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is awesome -- PCWorld has collected a bunch of old computer ads from YouTube and posted them in chronological order.
bon bon - Oct 17, 2006 7:34:26 am PDT #3955 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Congrats bon bon. What specifically are you searching for in regards to neurology? I might be able to help you narrow down your search.
Thanks, I googled the title of the study and was able to get it. When all else fails...google.
tommyrot - Oct 17, 2006 7:34:33 am PDT #3956 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
20 values, you take the one that falls in the 10th place.
To be very nitpicky, if you have an even number of values, you take the mean of the two middle ones. So for your example, you'd average the 10th and 11th values.
Jesse - Oct 17, 2006 7:35:38 am PDT #3957 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, thank goodness tommyrot nitpicked before I had a chance to.
Thanks, I googled the title of the study and was able to get it. When all else fails...google.
Seriously.
sarameg - Oct 17, 2006 7:38:32 am PDT #3958 of 10001
Yeah, I tend to go with the close-enough shorthand a lot of the time because I'm usually dealing with a list of thousands and that one 0.000023 difference I don't care about. And the stupid*&#$*#! code I inherited is...well, stupid.
Allyson - Oct 17, 2006 7:40:18 am PDT #3959 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Whoot! Now bon bon's rank on the list of awesome people I know has edged up a notch.
See how I made that all about me? It's a gift.
§ ita § - Oct 17, 2006 7:42:41 am PDT #3960 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, sara. Good info.
Connie Neil - Oct 17, 2006 7:50:22 am PDT #3961 of 10001
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I'm very surprised that the median age for females getting married in 1890 is so high. In my genealogy, most of the girls at that time period were married before 20.
edit: Unless that figure is counting all marriages, which includes widows remarrying.