On 21-10-2011 04:11, Andre Engels wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Castelo<[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 21-10-2011 03:06, Andreas K. wrote: >>> the >>> median is always smaller than the average. >> There's no such relation between median and average: >> >> {20, 21, 24, 26, 28}: Median (24)> Average (23.8) >> {20, 22, 24, 26, 28}: Median (24) = Average (24) >> {20, 23, 24, 26, 28}: Median (24)< Average (24.2) >> > Andreas wrote in full: > >> For the relative position of mode, median and average in a right-skewed >> distribution see >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_mean_median_mode.svg<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_mean_median_mode.svg>-- >> the >> median is always smaller than the average. > The four distributions that you give definitely are not all right-skewed. > Sorry, i took only the final sentence. Is ok that "(in this kind of distribution) the median is always smaller than the average".
You're both right. P.S. I gave only three distributions. Castelo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
