[stylist] Comma rules

[Chris Kuell]

I stand corrected. Maybe I should pursue basket weaving. Thanks, Shawn.

chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacobson, Shawn D" <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov>
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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Comma rules


> Chris
> Actually, the middle number is the median, not the mean.  The mean is the 
> average.
>
> Shawn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Kuell
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:50 PM
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>
> Hi Eve,
>
> An average and a mean are similar, but different. Averages are not taken 
> from means. The average temp for May is when you take the highest 
> temperature for each day, every day. You then add those temps up and 
> divide by 31, and you'll get the average daily high temperature. The mean 
> is when you look at those 31 temps, and divide the pile in 2, with half 
> being below a point, and half being above it. That point is the mean. 
> Sometimes the mean turns out to equal the average, but often it doesn't.
>
> I hope my explanation makes sense. Math makes more sense to me than 
> commas.
>
> chris
>
>
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