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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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