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It looks like Goff may not have been in error in his math. This guy is missing a very basic math concept.

How can a guy in this field who bases his opinions on averages and medians etc not know the difference between median and mean ?

Guy just made larger error than math error. He doesn't know the difference between median and mean.

SO MINION, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE...HHMMMM???

me·di·an Pronunciation Key (md-n)
adj.

Relating to, located in, or extending toward the middle.
Anatomy. Of, relating to, or situated in or near the plane that divides a bilaterally symmetrical animal into right and left halves; mesial.
Statistics. Relating to or constituting the middle value in a distribution.

mean³ Pronunciation Key (m

n)
n.

Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
Mathematics.
1. A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
2. The average value of a set of numbers.
Logic. The middle term in a syllogism.
means (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
means (used with a pl. verb)
1. Money, property, or other wealth: You ought to live within your means.
2. Great wealth: a woman of means.

"Guy just made larger error than math error. He doesn't know the difference between median and mean."

I caught what you are talking about. The guy then said that he refigured all the figures - and only those two (I think it was two) were wrong. What did you get out of that? If he had refigured all the figures - would more than that have come out wrong - or could the median and mean been the same on all those other figures? Do you understand what I'm getting at?

He doesn't know the difference between median and mean.

GEEZ, can you believe this? The guy doesn't know the difference.

I mean, everyone knows "median=how I like my steak"

and

"mean=people on FR that tell me I am wrong"