From 84ab634f896002530f96eb133efa7f1197acdb2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luisa <103768169+luisa-li@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:48:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mmm wip --- blog/statistics_for_evil.html | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/statistics_for_evil.html b/blog/statistics_for_evil.html index a6644fe..4a3faff 100644 --- a/blog/statistics_for_evil.html +++ b/blog/statistics_for_evil.html @@ -36,7 +36,9 @@

the original statistic on meat consumption and life expectancy was actually part of a post influencing people to a carnivorous diet. apparently veganism is no longer the hip and healthy thing to do, because eating raw sticks of butter and consuming unpasteurized dairy is the trend now. i actually have too many opinions about this, but i won't babble on.

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anyway! here's some facts i made up.

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anyway! here's some made up facts, collected from doomscrolling on reels.

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the average american made $106,400 in 2022

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the average american made $106,400 in 2022

data distribution matters. especially when 1% of the population holds 30.4% of the country's wealth as of Q1 2024. here, a different measure of central tendency, the median, is much more appropriate, and that number is $74,580.

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of course, measures of dispersion would give additional insight, but if your attention span can only capture one number at a time, let it be the median.

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measures of dispersion would give nice insight, but if your attention span can only capture one number at a time, let it be the median.

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...this is a work in progress, luisa is busy doing euro summer in budapest!