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The Problem With Averages

The average is a summary statistic: it takes a distribution and reduces it down to a single number. In the process we lose a lot of rich detail about the distribution. Very often this detail matters. Consider the distribution of height of males in

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What I'm Reading, October 2020 Edition

* The Body: A Guide For Occupants [https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Body-Audiobook/B07MVKBKNG], Bill Bryson. I'll read anything written by Bryson, although I maintain that Neither Here Nor There [https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Neither-Here-nor-There-Audiobook/B004FTEVPW] is his best work.

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