Re: Whale steak

On 22 Jul 2006 15:02:42 -0700, "Tom McDonald" <kiltmac@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Alan Crozier wrote:
"Tom McDonald" <kiltmac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"'medium' speed? Do you mean an average speed, the *median*?..."

Good night, Inger. Come back when you have a civil tongue in your
head.


I can give you an answer, Tom. Swedish medel- in compound words can be
translated in a number of ways, one of which is "medium": medelhård
means medium-hard, medeldistans would be middle distance, medelfel is
standard error, medelsvensson means your average Swede, medelvattenstånd
is mean water level, medelväre means mean value or average.

And, to get to the heart of the matter, medelhastighet is average speed.

Thanks Alan.

However, as those of us who have taken statistical mathematicum know,
'average' is not a precise term without knowing whether the 'average'
intended is mean, mode or median. Inger did not so specify.

I've always understood average=mean with mode and median being
something different.

While I'm happy to hear your response, this is a question that *she*
needs to answer.

Do you think I ought to drag out the hammock and cue the crickets?




Eric Stevens

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