On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:11:34 -0700, Kevin Wampler wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> Warp's done the same thing here as well - and in a small sample, sure,
>> I can prove that over 50% of people are of above average intelligence
>> as well by picking numbers that prove that.  That doesn't prove
>> anything with regards to a large population distribution, though.
>> 
>> 
> Perhaps the difference is that Warp's making a theoretical point while
> you're making a practical one?  

That well could be.

> It's certainly true in a theoretical
> sense that there can be distributions where the mean is different than
> the median even with many samples (which is what Warp is saying), but
> for the particular case of IQ this doesn't seem to be the case (which is
> what I think you're saying).
> 
> Did I understand correctly?

I think so. :-)

Jim

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