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The state of things
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Half the students are below average! This is outrageous!
Below the median
Unless scores follow a standard (or any other symmetric) distribution
Standardized tests are normalized, so...
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I cant tell if this is a joke or if this guy is in the bottom quartile.
It's a satirical account, that's not a real politician.
There are plenty of them out there that are this dumb though.
Its a little sad that it’s this hard to tell anymore. Thanks btw
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Looks like a real educational problem.
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First time I saw a statistician joke
We just need a few more to see if there’s a trend.
Ironically, him being a fucking idiot actually proves his point.
Wait, this isn't satire?
Edit: I commented too soon. It's satire.
Yeah, and me being a fucking idiot proves it more.
Lmaooooo I love this save
I commend you for at least acknowledging it.
News at 11: "Half of people are below average!"
Ashktually half people below the median.
Ackchyually, they never said which average they meant, you just assumed mean.
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I notice there is a 25% in the top as well... Coincidence or conspiracy...
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60% of the time, it works every time
I was skeptical of these numbers until I did the research. It's even worse than I thought. Did you know that only 20% of students test in the top quintile? Is our children learning?
I was born extremely smart. I always tested way at the top of the curve... far superior to all my peers.
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I can almost see a facebook post along the lines of:
One doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to understand how terrible things are, when fully 25% of the population are in the bottom quartile.
I'm surprised it's only 25%. These days, I'd figure at least 40% would be in the lowest quartile. Has anyone checked the math on this?
Check the math? What do I look like, a numbertician??
Damn, I was really hoping to find a mathmagician!
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Goodhart's Law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
My state'a standardized test says kids are "at risk" if they aren't in the top 40% of the test. The top 50% could all be traditional "a-b" students. But because they weren't in the top 80% of a-b students they are at risk for failing academically.... It's so asinine and disheartening. The last half of the year is devoted to this idiotic test. Kids could be learning stuff that will enrich themselves... Instead they are learnig how to take a test better.
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But then again, 25 percent of American students are also in the top quartile on standardized tests, so it evens out.
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Nice try everyone knows that the soyjack is on one end and the chad is at the other.
Fucking genius.
We need to get kids up to the Lake Woebegone standard!
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this post was submitted on 15 May 2024
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