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Re: YOU Predict the Average Match Score of 2013's Week 1 Regionals

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Originally Posted by DampRobot View Post
I think there will be a large gap between the best robots at a regional and most of the rest. This gap would drive up median qual score in relation to the average.
I think you mixed up your terminology. A few elite robots would drive the average (or mean) up relative to the median.

Consider these two sets of numbers:

A: 1, 2, 3
B: 1, 2, 99

For Set A, the mean (or average) = median = 2.
For Set B, the mean (or average) = 34, while the median is still 2.
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