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re: "Half the schools are below average" - not always true

Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:41 am to
Posted by CptBengal
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:41 am to
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Again, you misunderstand statistics




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The central limit theorem only applies to randomly selected samples. Selecting your samples by school isn't random. Seriously dude, that's kinda obvious.



These samples are randomly collected. Perhaps you dont understand what randomization actually means in this case.
Posted by SpidermanTUba
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Member since May 2004
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Posted on 9/30/14 at 10:47 am to
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These samples are randomly collected.


Uhh, no. In the example you provided, the samples are selected based on school.

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Perhaps you dont understand what randomization actually means in this case.


Apparently it means grouping samples of students based on school - rather than based on random selection.
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