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Many thanks for the quick reply, Scott! Ya done good...<br>
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On 7/30/2012 8:34 PM, Scott Smith wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Median =
8.0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Yes on #
of judges, 3 for most, 5 for FAI prelim and 404 Finals and 10 for FAI
finals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil
S.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 30, 2012 8:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> General pattern discussion<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Nat's Fun Facts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hmmmm...interesting piece of information.
However, with a cut-off at 10, and with scores piled up in the upper
range of the 0-10 span, a more useful statistic would be the median
score. In other words, we don't have a normal distribution, so a few
low scores would drag the mean down disproportionally; so the median is
a better estimate of the center of the distribution. Sort of the
reverse of looking at the "average" income in the US, where the few
billionaires pull the mean disproportionally up.<br>
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Also, how did the total number of scores entered end up not being a
multiple of the number of maneuvers -- different numbers of judges for
different classes or phases (e.g., P1-F1)?<br>
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While I know these are "fun facts," and they are interesting and I
really appreciate seeing them, I would still like to know the median,
if possible...<br>
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Thanks for sharing, Scott!<br>
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On 7/30/2012 7:12 PM, Scott Smith wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Some
numbers from this year’s Nat’s…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Average
of all raw scores…7.75</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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