Hi I agree with Marc, that skewedness doesn't help the picture for psych. But I wonder about numbers of people in each group? That would be important in interpreting the data and advising students. The average salary for neurosurgeons is probably very high, but that does not mean that it is a good option for the vast majority of students given the limited number of positions available (on both the training and employment sides).
On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Marc Carter wrote: > Right. But I'd expect the skew to pull the mean *up*. > > Double ouch. > > m > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:00 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: Most lucrative college degrees > > Of course, what always seems to be missing from these summary data is an > indication of dispersion. Anybody want to hazard a guess on what Dr. > Phil took in last year? My suspicion (unencumbered with facts) is that > salaries in Psychology are highly skewed. If the underlying > distributions are not normal then "average" salary may not mean very > much depending on how the "average" was calculated. > > -Don. > > > Miguel Roig said: > > From CNN Money: The Class of 2004 is faring well, with a special nod > > > to the English majors. > > September 21, 2004 > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/21/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm > > > > Check out the table listing the salaries for the various majors: > Ouch!! > > > > Miguel > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > __ > > Miguel Roig, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of Psychology > > Notre Dame Division of St. John's College St. John's University 300 > > Howard Avenue Staten Island, New York 10301 > > Voice: (718) 390-4513 > > Fax: (718) 390-4347 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm > > On plagiarism and ethical writing: > > http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _____ > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > > unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
