AI-GEOSTATS "Digby Millikan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Is it correct that the probability of being above or below the mean of a >skewed >distribution is not necessarily 0.5? >
Digby, it depends on which mean you mean. The mean which divides every prob. distr. into 2 parts with equal area is the median (by definition). On the other hand, the arithmetical and geometrical means, e.g., are in general by no means means with such a meaning. Peter + To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] + To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@ jrc.it with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" in the message body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to the list + As a general service to list users, please remember to post a summary of any useful responses to your questions. + Support to the forum can be found at http://www.ai-geostats.org/
