Comment on How Much Developers Make Per City, and Tech Stacks (Infographic)Comments−elchief13yPeople that use average to describe the middle of non-symmetric distributions are dumb.−saltcod13yThanks for the help here on this one! Dumb people will now know just how dumb they are before making misinformed assumptions. Really helpful.−X6MW3aQrZU5VKkz13yI hope you realise the distribution need not be symmetric for the average value to be in the middle.−e-dard13yYes, but elchief's point is obviously that if the data has a positive or negative skew, the median is going to be more helpful than the mean.
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People that use average to describe the middle of non-symmetric distributions are dumb.
Thanks for the help here on this one! Dumb people will now know just how dumb they are before making misinformed assumptions. Really helpful.
I hope you realise the distribution need not be symmetric for the average value to be in the middle.
Yes, but elchief's point is obviously that if the data has a positive or negative skew, the median is going to be more helpful than the mean.