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Averages: Joy of Stats (2/6)

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Free learning from The Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/science-maths-technology/mathematics-and-stat...

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Hans Rosling explains why the average Swede has fewer than two legs -- and what this tells us about the use and misuse of averages.

(Part 2 of 6)

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Study 'Analysing data' with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/m248.htm

Explore qualifications in Mathematics and Statistics with the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/mathematics-and-statistics/index.htm

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  • intelligent!

  • That's why there are different kinds of averages to avoid that kind of result, in the case of the average number of legs, the mode would be more accurate as the most frequent value would be two. So the mode would be two.

  • I wish id seen that when i was in school.

  • this is gay cuz we watched this in FUCKIN SKOOL

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