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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever?
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To: Les H who wrote (8621)10/20/1998 8:59:00 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 13994
 
Hi Les Horowitz; Please forgive the mathematician in me, but I have to address your rhetorical question: "What is the true median income when you lop off the top 1 percent and the bottom 1 percent?"

Having spent many years in Mathematics graduate school, I can assure you that the median is unchanged when you eliminate from consideration the top 1% and the bottom 1%.

You probably meant to write What is the true mean income when you lop off the top 1 percent and the bottom 1 percent?, which would be considerably lower than the mean of the whole population.

Just being pedantic,

-- Carl
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