The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · edit-22 months agoThe Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Momlemmy.worldimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1295arrow-down1imageThe Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Momlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · edit-22 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
Edit: source with some more info https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoI like using both. An average of say 300 miles with a median of 5 miles would show you that there is significant bias toward the lower end. I’m not a statistician but that’s my understanding of the two metrics
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoYeah but you can’t really do that with a map. In a table you could. A report would likely report both, but also differentiate groups because you don’t usually want to report skewed data without explaining why.
I like using both. An average of say 300 miles with a median of 5 miles would show you that there is significant bias toward the lower end.
I’m not a statistician but that’s my understanding of the two metrics
Yeah but you can’t really do that with a map. In a table you could. A report would likely report both, but also differentiate groups because you don’t usually want to report skewed data without explaining why.