[stylist] Comma rules

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

Thanks.  I got so much into the stat. End of things, I forgot what this was originally about.  My apologies.

Shawn

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Donna Hill
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:52 PM
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Shawn,
True enough, but the sentence is refering to the "highest" average temperature of any July on record. Within each month, temperatures are averaged, and when you look through that average over the years, one of them is going to be the highest average temp for a given month.
Donna 

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson, Shawn D
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 2:06 PM
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I didn't intend to be mean (smile) with my answer, it's just that statistics is what I do in my day job, so I thought I would chime in.  Means/averages are more useful when the underlying group of numbers is orderly.  Medians are more useful when you have some real oddball numbers in the group you are looking at.

Anyway, good writing.

Shawn

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eve Sanchez
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:56 PM
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Shawn, Ugh. You mean I had it right the first time? Gosh, you guys like confusing me. ;) Eve

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Jacobson, Shawn D <Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov> wrote:
> 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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