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(The New York Times)   New York Times discovers that people who make less money spend a higher percentage of their income on gas. In related news, half of all Americans have a below-average income   (nytimes.com) divider line
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Demetrius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-06-09 12:07:34 PM  
You don't really understand the 'average' thing, do you.
 
mattharvest
2008-06-09 12:25:01 PM  
Came in to say what Demetrius said: logically, there need never be more than a single person with a below-average score in anything.
 
lexnaturalis
2008-06-09 12:29:37 PM  
Is someone confusing median and average again?
 
mysticcat
2008-06-09 12:30:57 PM  
Demetrius: You don't really understand the 'average' thing, do you.-came here to say this

Set=1,2,3,10
Ave.=4
75% of data set is below average

OR

Outliers skew the mean

/sigh
 
Tacoby Bellisbury
2008-06-09 12:57:44 PM  
In related news, half of all Americans have a below-average income

HOLY CRAP! THAT'S LIKE 60 PERCENT!
 
mrapier
2008-06-09 12:57:57 PM  
mean, median, average and mode mother farker. learn it live it love it lick it...er, uh.
 
Hugh_Janus
2008-06-09 12:58:05 PM  
DREW: WTF is going on with your click through? I can;t hit back space

a1.interclick.com

Only happens here on fark.
 
tweekster
2008-06-09 12:58:37 PM  
My mileage at work covers my entire gas bill including all personal driving so I am really getting a kick out of some of these replies.
 
Mr. Vicarious
2008-06-09 12:58:49 PM  
60% of the time it works every time.
 
reggaejunkiejew
2008-06-09 12:59:17 PM  
Gee, ya think? I made 4.35 an hour or so at my first job, and gas cost about a buck a gallon. Now I make 8.25 an hour and gas costs 4 bucks a gallon. Damn, if only shiatty jobs' pay had increased to match I'd be banking 16+ dollars an hour!
 
robisfunky
2008-06-09 12:59:42 PM  
It's 911 times 1000!
 
Royale With Cheese
2008-06-09 12:59:51 PM  
img71.imageshack.us
 
CarnySaur [TotalFark]
2008-06-09 1:00:22 PM  
I think the submitter was being trifectically ironic with that headline.
 
retarded
2008-06-09 1:00:35 PM  
I think subby was making a joke. Actually, I'm only half-sure.
 
Flash_NYC
2008-06-09 1:01:00 PM  
Came for the mean vs. average smackdown. Not dissappointed.
 
ipomoea
2008-06-09 1:01:01 PM  
Income is almost always expressed in terms of the MEDIAN. So making jokes about "half are below average" is prefectly acceptable...
 
robisfunky
2008-06-09 1:01:34 PM  
i31.photobucket.com
/en route
 
jayrman123
2008-06-09 1:02:18 PM  
This are article is from the "No Shiat Department". And now in from the "No Shiat Department - Water is wet."
 
JUSTONEMORELATTE
2008-06-09 1:02:24 PM  
Most Americans have more than the average number of legs.
 
degreeless
2008-06-09 1:03:06 PM  
Yes, and they will also have less pocket money to buy political rags disguised as newspapers of national record.
 
wmoonfox
2008-06-09 1:03:08 PM  
Newsflash: rural areas lack public transportation!
 
The Power of Positive Drinking
2008-06-09 1:03:29 PM  
I make less money, but my gas consumption is minimal. I walk to work most days and within walking distance is plenty of restaurants, bars and recreational activities. I drive 1-2 a week for groceries/tanning/shopping.

So I'm not spending a higher proportion of my income on gas. You could also say "People with longer commutes are proportionally spending more money on gas."
 
ipomoea
2008-06-09 1:03:37 PM  
What the NYT really needs is a simpler map: how many daily/weekly/monthly gallons of gas do people use in each area? (Or how much, in raw dollars, do they spend?) That would illustrate the pain of high gas prices without it being dependent upon income.
 
IdeasGuy
2008-06-09 1:04:04 PM  
This is not obvious at all. People with very low income have no car, thus spend 0% on gas...
 
hard2bnice
2008-06-09 1:05:07 PM  
robisfunky: It's 911 times 1000!

That's right 911000!
 
lilbjorn
2008-06-09 1:05:08 PM  
Wow! And nearly half the country has below-average intelligence. Coincidence?
 
Telos
2008-06-09 1:06:00 PM  
mattharvest: Came in to say what Demetrius said: logically, there need never be more than a single person with a below-average score in anything.

No, not really. Any value low enough to skew the average that far would be excluded as an outlier, thus restoring the average to a useful representation.
 
tuna fingers
2008-06-09 1:06:03 PM  
For me, when I spend more of my income on gas. There's less money for the people I love.
I do adjust my spending to reflect the rising costs of hookers and blow.
/blow getting pricier.
//hookers getting uglier.
 
coma
2008-06-09 1:06:14 PM  
"...so I guess life is mean And death is the median And purgatory is the mode that we settle in."
 
mattharvest
2008-06-09 1:06:27 PM  
ipomoea: Income is almost always expressed in terms of the MEDIAN. So making jokes about "half are below average" is prefectly acceptable...

That's nonsense: the word "average" is defined as the "mean". The word "median" refers to an entirely different concept.
 
jaymzz
2008-06-09 1:07:14 PM  
half of all Americans have a below-average income

OBAMA WILL MAKE IT SO EVERYONE WILL HAVE ABOVE AVERAGE INCOME!
 
12349876
2008-06-09 1:07:18 PM  
wmoonfox: Newsflash: rural areas lack public transportation!

THIS PLUS

Newsflash: Farmers and construction workers need big vehicles to carry lots of shiat around.
 
Im_Gumby
2008-06-09 1:07:24 PM  
...and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
 
carmody
2008-06-09 1:07:38 PM  
Since the top 10% control something like 90% of the wealth, I'd say substantially more than half are below average.
 
skelter
2008-06-09 1:07:51 PM  
mrapier

mean, median, average and mode mother farker. learn it live it love it lick it...er, uh.

mean and average are the same thing.
 
robisfunky
2008-06-09 1:07:52 PM  
hard2bnice: robisfunky: It's 911 times 1000!

That's right 911000!

[image from blogs.indiewire.com too old to be available]
 
Oak
2008-06-09 1:08:01 PM  
JUSTONEMORELATTE: Most Americans have more than the average number of legs.

I know I do!

/3
 
Blind_Io
2008-06-09 1:08:07 PM  
Subby fails at math.
 
hornstar
2008-06-09 1:08:56 PM  
Look.. beating people up about misusing the word average in Fark Forums is just being mean.

/Seriously, why is everyone in Grammar-Nazi mode?
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2008-06-09 1:09:44 PM  
CarnySaur: I think the submitter was being trifectically ironic with that headline.

FTW!

/smitty
//who is smarter than the median bear
 
SuperNinjaToad
2008-06-09 1:09:51 PM  
looking at the income map all I can say is there are a lot of rich muthafarkers living in the Northeastern seaboard US. From Northern Virginia all the way up the coast to Maine.
 
Sarcasm Incarnate
2008-06-09 1:10:37 PM  
Well, from that map it looks like the people that have to drive further in order to obtain goods and services, or find work, have to buy more gas than people who don't.

Amazingly, I already new that. And not because I live fairly close the that highest percentage area in Alabama.
 
nostudme
2008-06-09 1:11:02 PM  
Kant figger out this high filance.
 
skelter
2008-06-09 1:11:09 PM  
Telos

That's nonsense: the word "average" is defined as the "mean". The word "median" refers to an entirely different concept.

You didn't contradict mattharvest at all.
 
El Farquistador
2008-06-09 1:11:09 PM  
hornstar: /Seriously, why is everyone in Grammar-Nazi mode?

I think you meant "Grammar-Nazi median"
 
Sarcasm Incarnate
2008-06-09 1:11:15 PM  
new=knew. I gnu that too.
 
paulieY2J
2008-06-09 1:11:30 PM  
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NERDS!!
 
ROFLWAFFLE
2008-06-09 1:11:43 PM  
Mr. Vicarious: 60% of the time it works every time.

I'm not gonna lie, that smells like pure gasoline.
 
amanogowa
2008-06-09 1:12:56 PM  
wmoonfox: Newsflash: rural areas lack public transportation!

Yeah, but wouldn't that skew the values the other way? I mean if people are rich enough to live in a rural area and have actual space (as opposed to living in a closet in the city) they would be in the upper income portion...
 
jaylectricity [TotalFark]
2008-06-09 1:12:59 PM  
SuperNinjaToad: looking at the income map all I can say is there are a lot of rich muthafarkers living in the Northeastern seaboard US. From Northern Virginia all the way up the coast to Maine.

All of your money are belong to us!
 
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