Re: Fw: education & pay

[Christoph Reuss]

>> More stinking averages...
>>
>> <http://www.bls.gov/emptab7.htm>
>>
>> Unemployment and earnings for year-round, full-time workers age 25
>> and over, by educational attainment
>>
>> unemployment                                    median
>>      rate,                                      earnings,
>>      1998                                         1997

Note that these are _medians_, not "stinking averages".
The median is a much more robust statistical metric than the average (mean).
("robust" meaning less sensitive to far-out dots)

Chris