median is a cummulative statistic. it doesn’t mean there are more 19 year olds – it means half of all people are below the age of 19. my understanding is that it’s so low because the likelihood of surviving to older ages are poor.
What an embarrassing misunderstanding of median. At best I was imagining some sort of ordinance of deciding to make more children. How disgusting their situation is. It breaks my heart.
median is a cummulative statistic. it doesn’t mean there are more 19 year olds – it means half of all people are below the age of 19. my understanding is that it’s so low because the likelihood of surviving to older ages are poor.
What an embarrassing misunderstanding of median. At best I was imagining some sort of ordinance of deciding to make more children. How disgusting their situation is. It breaks my heart.
yep, no worries. the one you were thinking of is mode