• TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    sometimes it is important to show the outlier.

    I believe that the US census removes billionaires from their calculations on wage and household income.

    Because that would make the mean look towards the outlier. And that might spark some public debate about billionaires and the effect billionaires have on society.

    but for some reason they prefer to just remove the outliers from their data to suit their statistics just like science doesn’t.

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      How would making states, towns or neighborhoods look richer cause outrage? For income statistics, median us a much better measure in most cases, because it reflects “the average experience” much better. If you want to highlight income inequality, there’s plenty of other stats you can use, e.g. the percentage of all income going to the top 1%.

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    So she referenced the meme and someone went on imgflip and did exactly what she’d said?

    Masterpiece indeed