Russell McMahon <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> > I can't think of a dataset for which your (min+max)/2 value:
> >
> > a) is significantly different from the "simple average",
> >    mode, or median, and
> >
> > b) expresses anything useful about the dataset.
>
> House numbers are uniformly distributed along the road. .... I've
> decided to see if there's still a house standing at 412 (=(684 +
> 140) /2).
>
> ie as linearly far from the "edges" as possible, regardless of
> where the other items are.

Russell:

If I understand your example correctly, it fails criterion "a".

In addition to being equal to (min+max)/2, 412 is also both the
simple average and the median for your dataset of uniformly-
distributed house numbers between 140 and 684.

-Andy

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