What percentage of ppl at T-14 at/above median?? Forum

[ResolutePear]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

[mec30]

- It can be divided evenly. 1 above median, 1 below, and 3 at median.

The values can be divided equally, but you cannot divide a class for which those values are assigned equally. That’s because you cannot distinguish any 3.3 from any other, each has an equally legitimate claim to be at or above median than any other.

[rundoxierun]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

ITT: I discover that "top law school" students are i)nowhere near as smart as i thought they were and ii) willing to completely change and reinterpret a users post to support whatever they are trying to say at the time..

[ResolutePear]

Just go to Yale and don't worry about where you are in class rank.. if you're THAT worried about it.

[mec30]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

lol

but the bolded is not true.

[ResolutePear]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

lol

but the bolded is not true.

Well, I'm not claiming to be an expert on this...

But if 3 of the 4 3.4's died.. you're left with.. {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3}

In which case the mean would be 3.6 and the median would probably be somewhere around there between 3.6 and 3.5 - considering just the sample given.

[chicagolaw2013]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

FINISH HIM!

[ResolutePear]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

FINISH HIM!

Up+Down+Right+Right+Left+Punch+Kick+Jab = DEBTALITY!

[mec30]

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

lol

but the bolded is not true.

Well, I'm not claiming to be an expert on this...

But if 3 of the 4 3.4's died.. you're left with.. {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3}

In which case the mean would be 3.6 and the median would probably be somewhere around there between 3.6 and 3.5 - considering just the sample given.

LMAO, wow. Good call, you've got to keep the other 3.4s alive. KOs only.

[ResolutePear]

[quote="ResolutePear
This would obviously be a case where you would invoke the "Lawyer Kombat" clause in the student handbook where the 3.4's fight to the death vs each other for no reason whatsoever becuase they would still all be under the median.

lol

but the bolded is not true.

Well, I'm not claiming to be an expert on this...

But if 3 of the 4 3.4's died.. you're left with.. {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3}

In which case the mean would be 3.6 and the median would probably be somewhere around there between 3.6 and 3.5 - considering just the sample given.

LMAO, wow. Good call, you've got to keep the other 3.4s alive. KOs only.[/quote]

Well if that's the case then I'm ruined.

[mallard]

This entire thread can be summed up in three bullet points:

- In a data set such as {4.0, 3.3, 3.3, 3.3, 2.6}, there is no way of choosing a median that divides the class equally.

- OP was inquiring about the extent to which this occurs.

- betasteve needs to retake Junior High arithmetic (to learn math) as well as kindergarten (to learn how to play well with others)

No, that's not right. The OP was wondering about a situation like {4.0, 3.8, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.3}.

ITT: I discover that "top law school" students are i)nowhere near as smart as i thought they were and ii) willing to completely change and reinterpret a users post to support whatever they are trying to say at the time..

What? You said multiple times that you were wondering about a situation in which "at or above median" extended past 50%. I guess, actually, this could include a situation like the one the guy I was responding to described, but it could also include a situation like the one I was describing too.

[rundoxierun]

What? You said multiple times that you were wondering about a situation in which "at or above median" extended past 50%. I guess, actually, this could include a situation like the one the guy I was responding to described, but it could also include a situation like the one I was describing too.

Ehh was referring to the summarizing of the thread but was too lazy to edit the quotes..

[mallard]

What? You said multiple times that you were wondering about a situation in which "at or above median" extended past 50%. I guess, actually, this could include a situation like the one the guy I was responding to described, but it could also include a situation like the one I was describing too.

Ehh was referring to the summarizing of the thread but was too lazy to edit the quotes..

Okay, yeah.

I do think people were a little egregious at the beginning, including myself, but I seriously hope you're not spending too much energy on this issue.

[rundoxierun]

What? You said multiple times that you were wondering about a situation in which "at or above median" extended past 50%. I guess, actually, this could include a situation like the one the guy I was responding to described, but it could also include a situation like the one I was describing too.

Ehh was referring to the summarizing of the thread but was too lazy to edit the quotes..

Okay, yeah.

I do think people were a little egregious at the beginning, including myself, but I seriously hope you're not spending too much energy on this issue.

No energy at all, it was just a thought.. I work an internship that requires a lot of data collection from an information warehouse via a VPN.. I often have A LOT of downtime between database queries.

[zanda]

What? You said multiple times that you were wondering about a situation in which "at or above median" extended past 50%. I guess, actually, this could include a situation like the one the guy I was responding to described, but it could also include a situation like the one I was describing too.

Ehh was referring to the summarizing of the thread but was too lazy to edit the quotes..

Okay, yeah.

I do think people were a little egregious at the beginning, including myself, but I seriously hope you're not spending too much energy on this issue.

after I did the math last night I was really hoping that this thread would die so I wouldn't be reminded of how sad my Monday evening was.

[09042014]

No energy at all, it was just a thought.. I work an internship that requires a lot of data collection from an information warehouse via a VPN.. I often have A LOT of downtime between database queries.

I feel your pain. Half my TLSing is waiting for my ancient server to run a query.

[CG614]

No energy at all, it was just a thought.. I work an internship that requires a lot of data collection from an information warehouse via a VPN.. I often have A LOT of downtime between database queries.

I feel your pain. Half my TLSing is waiting for my ancient server to run a query.

That must be one slow ass server. ha