Re: To the OMU´s care
- From: "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Groupen@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 Aug 2006 11:10:00 -0700
Kevin E. Thorpe wrote in comment on Anon. wrote:
To my recollection, when I first learned the arithmetic mean
in grade school it was called the "average" and the median and
mode were certainly not called averages. I don't think I learned
the terms "mean" or "arithmetic mean" until later.
So, this brings me to a question. Why is it so important
(apparently) to come up with a definition of average so that a
mode may be called one?
The best answer to your question came from someone in
rec.games.bridge two years ago:
It's the kind of mentality in IGNORANCE left over from the 1950s:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.bridge/msg/425b8366092818ca?hl=en&;
MV> 1950s liberal arts majors for whom ignorance of mathematics
MV> was worn as a badge of honor.
Apparently we are still seeing a few of these troops for whom
ignorance of statistics (and math) are worn as a BADGE OF HONOR.
Going to the M-W English Dictionary to look up the WRONG WORD
for the definition of a statistical MODE did not even get a badge of
honor from the English-dictionary pedants!
-- Reef Fish Bob.
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