Paradoxes in averages

Authors: 
Mitchem, J.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Pages: 
250-253
Year: 
1989
Publisher: 
Mathematics Teacher
URL: 
RISE
Abstract: 

This article presents two major paradoxical examples of one of the simplest statistics, the "average".

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