1. If data is multimodal (wiggly line), the median isn’t a great measure of central tendency either.
2. Perfectly normally distributed data will have the same mean and median.
I agree people have jumped on this as evidence the guy doesn’t understand when he probably does, but what he says is a long way from the truth.
1. If data is multimodal (wiggly line), the median isn’t a great measure of central tendency either.
2. Perfectly normally distributed data will have the same mean and median.
I agree people have jumped on this as evidence the guy doesn’t understand when he probably does, but what he says is a long way from the truth.