SOLUTION: According to Garrison Keillor, all the children in Lake Wobegon are above average. Is this assertion just a joke or is there a sense in which it could be true. We are learning

SOLUTION: According to Garrison Keillor, all the children in Lake Wobegon are above average. Is this assertion just a joke or is there a sense in which it could be true. We are learning

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Question 43160: According to Garrison Keillor, all the children in Lake Wobegon are above average. Is this assertion just a joke or is there a sense in which it could be true.
We are learning about statistics the interpretaion of data.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
THIS COULD BE A VALID STATEMENT IF THE SAMPLE SIZE INCLUDED OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THE OTHER COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN WERE AT LEAST THE SAME NUMBER AND BELOW AVERAGE.
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