, the lovely and
talented Bret Cahill broadcast on alt.politics:
But if you so much as say "mean income" life on earth as we know it
> will come to a horrific end.
> And the most curious part of it all is no one can explain why.
Here's why: unlike many variables (strength of carbon fibers, for example),> will come to a horrific end.
> And the most curious part of it all is no one can explain why.
income is *not* normally distributed. The mean is a useless (yes,
meaningless) statistic.