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arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Momlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · edit-22 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
Edit: source with some more info https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago That said, if you wanted another acceptable alternative, you can also remove all outliers and likely return the curve back to normal. I’m not sure I would call that “acceptable.” I would be more likely to call it “destroying the interesting features of the data.”
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAcceptable in the statistical sense. Normality is required by a lot of statistical tests, so it’s done a lot. There are better ways to do it without losing important insights though, hence what I said later in that paragraph.
I’m not sure I would call that “acceptable.” I would be more likely to call it “destroying the interesting features of the data.”
Acceptable in the statistical sense. Normality is required by a lot of statistical tests, so it’s done a lot. There are better ways to do it without losing important insights though, hence what I said later in that paragraph.