Ummm...THC, not to question your infinite wisdom in the areas of mathematics. God knows I'm a complete dolt when it comes to numbers. But if half the people are below average and half the people are at or above average, wouldn't then the average drop to where less than 50 percent are below average?
an average is made by adding all the variables then dividing by the number of inputs analyzed, thus an average and not a bell curve.
O.k. for ease on my heavily inebriated mind, let's say we have 10 people, designated by numbers 1-10. 1 has an intelligence of 10, 2 has 20 and so on. Average then becomes 550. Divided by 10=55. Making you right and me wrong. Hmmm......I really hate when I do all that work and come out wrong...Mildy irritating.
Would have to do that sober. Numbers aren't really my strong point so it takes me awhile as I double check everything, and in this mindset, half way through double checking I'm going to forget what I'm doing. What'd you have in mind 100 people? The biggest issue of recreating this problem is that obviously you're not just going to have one person for one level of I.Q. You'll have the same with the same IQ levels. It's the randomness that gets lost.
It really doesn't matter how many people you sample, an average is just that, an average. Main Entry: 1av·er·age Pronunciation: 'a-v(&-)rij Function: noun Etymology: from earlier average proportionally distributed charge for damage at sea, modification of Middle French avarie damage to ship or cargo, from Old Italian avaria, from Arabic 'awArIyah damaged merchandise Date: 1732 1 a : a single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values b : MEAN 1b 2 a : an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean b : a level (as of intelligence) typical of a group, class, or series <above the average> 3 : a ratio expressing the average performance especially of an athletic team or an athlete computed according to the number of opportunities for successful performance - on average or on the average : taking the typical example of the group under consideration <prices have increased on average by five percent> synonyms AVERAGE, MEAN, MEDIAN, NORM mean something that represents a middle point. AVERAGE is exactly or approximately the quotient obtained by dividing the sum total of a set of figures by the number of figures <scored an average of 85 on tests>. MEAN may be the simple average or it may represent value midway between two extremes <a high of 70° and a low of 50° give a mean of 60°>. MEDIAN applies to the value that represents the point at which there are as many instances above as there are below <average of a group of persons earning 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 dollars a day is 6 dollars, whereas the median is 5 dollars>. NORM means the computed or estimated average of performance of a significantly large group, class, or grade <scores about the norm for 5th grade arithmetic>. (Edited by THCdude at 3:43 pm on Mar. 21, 2003)
Hey rky, assuming you drink vodka which i don't even know, but would you give up grey goose vodka it is made and imported by the french. I know my friend has for the reasons of the french having their stand point on this war. And if you do, i would suggest Vox Vodka it is about the same price and a little bit better. Peace all.
