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i like it and i skimmed the post but i don't understand why the default example 100 / 4~6 has a median of 20? there is no way of knowing why the range is between 4 and 6


The chance of 4~6 being less than 5 is 50%, the chance of it being greater is also 50%. The median of 100/4~6 has to be 100/5.

>there is no way of knowing why the range is between 4 and 6

??? There is. It is the ~ symbol.


mmh ok thanks, i guess i need extra maths training ;)

i didn't mean knowing _that_ the range is between 4 and 6 but _why_, i thought the weighing would be explained by the reasoning, like: "we divide a €100 bill between possibly 4, rather 5 and most probably not 6 persons"


>but _why_

Because that is how it is defined by the author of the article.


how do you mean?




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