So, if we rate each of Harry Reid’s lies as follows:
Little White Lies - 1 point
Big Black Lies - 2 points
Holy Cow Whoppers - 3 points
And, for argument’s sake, let’s say he’s told the following number of lies:
Little White Lies - 50,000
Big Black Lies - 100,000
Holy Cow Whoppers - 10,000
Then the mean of Harry Reid’s meanness would be:
(50,000 + 2x100,000 + 3x10,000)/160,000 = 1.75
And the median of his meanness would be 2? (Did I get that right?)
And if you have a bowl of ice cream while you’re calculating all of this, you’re calculating Reid’s mean meanness a la mode.
Perfect! A+++++ which is the highest grade I’ve ever given. It’s also the lowest grade I’ve ever given because, statistically speaking, it’s the only grade I’ve ever given. Well done!