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To: Oberon
One of the drives came from an ATM machine, and the vast majority of card numbers came from that drive.

Today's Statistics 101 lesson: This is an example of why the median is often more meaningful than the mean.

42 posted on 01/16/2003 8:28:57 AM PST by steve-b
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To: steve-b
One of the drives came from an ATM machine, and the vast majority of card numbers came from that drive.

Today's Statistics 101 lesson: This is an example of why the median is often more meaningful than the mean.

Don't forget the mode! (which in this case might have a value of zero or one)

109 posted on 01/16/2003 11:23:11 AM PST by fnord
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