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[โ€“] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That you can think of an average as the center of mass of a dataset. Similarly, that you can think of a standard deviation as the center of mass of the distances between each point and the average.

[โ€“] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Violin plots make this easy to visualize

[โ€“] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Violin plots are bad and you should feel bad. Summary of why: Link

[โ€“] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 7 points 11 months ago

I'm looking forward to feeling bad when I listen to this on my next commute because there's no way I'm watching a 42 minute video on violin plots for my Saturday night ๐Ÿ˜‚

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