Bonus bonus bonus: the point of this thread was to show people that half the population would have an IQ below the median, not below the average. Median is evenly distributed by definition, average is not.

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Posted by slackster

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Posted on 6/21/18 at 4:38 pm to TH03

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Bonus bonus bonus: the point of this thread was to show people that half the population would have an IQ below the median, not below the average. Median is evenly distributed by definition, average is not.

Yeah I'm not sure if the post in the IQ thread was a joke or serious.

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Posted by tigercross

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Posted on 6/21/18 at 4:40 pm to TH03

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Bonus bonus bonus: the point of this thread was to show people that half the population would have an IQ below the median, not below the average. Median is evenly distributed by definition, average is not.

Since IQ is essentially normally distributed the average and median are the same. So, yes, half of the population is below the average.

This post was edited on 6/21/18 at 4:42 pm

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Posted by Epic Cajun

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Posted on 6/21/18 at 4:45 pm to TH03

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Bonus bonus bonus: the point of this thread was to show people that half the population would have an IQ below the median, not below the average. Median is evenly distributed by definition, average is not.

You're correct, but they are both measures of central tendency, which attempts to determine a value that is representative of a data set. Basically they are both attempting to determine the 'average' of a data set (assuming that you mean "mean" when you say average).

ETA: by the 'average' of a data set, I mean the central value

This post was edited on 6/21/18 at 4:49 pm

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