Sentences with phrase «distorted average using»

The workbook covers how to work out averages and range using the theme of hand size, and then goes into a real life example of distorted average using the hand size of basketball player (video link included) and when each type of average should be used.

Not exact matches

Tim Perhaps, I should have added to my last comment that I accept that I am not in a position to put forward alternative figures (partly because I consider that there is a lack of accurate empirical data on a number of aspects that affect the budget) but in general, I consider that the use of average figures is not simply an over simplification of the system but more significantly it disguises and distorts what is in practice going on thereby leading to a failure to properly understand how the system works as a whole.

The method I used was a way to compare long term data sets of different record lengths, and how adding stations distorts the average.

I reworked the idea of trend analysis using less distorting filters and reproduced the split in two groups even using shorter filters (whereas M&F sufficiently mangled the data that the separation was not found using their 15y sliding averages).

It is very easy to distort what is happening when using averages without error bars.