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		Dove on Nov 18, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shameful Innumeracy in the New York Times Be careful about distributions; not everything's a bell curve. Consider: 99% of Americans own a below-average number of houseboats.

InclinedPlane on Nov 18, 2009 [–]

There are 3 different measures of "average", just choose average = median and you're set.

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